penk
/ˈpɛŋk/obsolete
penk is spelled P-E-N-K: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, penk means “A minnow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of penk is penks.
How many letters and syllables are in penk?
| Letters | 4: P-E-N-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 63 million words; the 249,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is penk?
Penk appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce penk?
- /ˈpɛŋk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-penk.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does penk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKobsoleteA minnow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).