plack
/plak/noun
plack is spelled P-L-A-C-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plack means “A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plack is placks.
How many letters and syllables are in plack?
| Letters | 5: P-L-A-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 39 million words; the 191,932nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is plack?
Plack appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd 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 plack?
- /plæk/
- [pʰl̥æk]
- UK /plak/
Plack has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with plack
Sounds like: plaque (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with plack?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as plack from its last stressed vowel (/ak/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of plack
- placks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plack mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.
- 2
ScotlandA coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does plack come from?
From Middle Dutch placke (“name of a coin”). Cognate with Old High German pleh, bleh (“a thin leaf of metal, plate”). Compare plaque.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).