pucks

/pʌks/

//pʌks// noun

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"pucks" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pucks” is uncommon English (frequency #51,332 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,332
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of puck

Corpus desk

Index EN-pucks · pucks · English

pucks · rank #51,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,332
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH psychoanalyst

Nearest frequency peer: psychoanalyst (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “pucks”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “pucks” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pucks
PropertyValue
Headwordpucks
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pʌks/
Letters5
Frequency rank#51,332
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “pucks” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).pucksfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “psychoanalyst” (#51,331), “purer” (#51,333), “prosciutto” (#51,330). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “pucks” is #51,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pucks is uncommon English at frequency #51,332 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pʌks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

pucks doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is pucks, spelled P-U-C-K-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of puck
  2. 2
    Plenty; an abundance (of something).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pucks appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. My younger brother, Brendan, mentioned that she loved her garden, spent pucks of time mucking around in it, even read books on the matter.
  2. We have a gorgeous flat in Rathmines and his people send us pucks of money.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pucks"?
"pucks" is spelled P-U-C-K-S. The IPA pronunciation is /pʌks/.
What does "pucks" mean?
As a noun, "pucks" means: plural of puck
How do you pronounce "pucks"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pucks" is /pʌks/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pucks" come from?
"pucks" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pucks", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

purer#51,333quays#51,338queso#51,339rebus#51,350

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list