# rick

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪk/ · frequency rank #4,187

## Definitions
1. Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
2. A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.

## Etymology
From Middle English *rykke, from Old English hrycce (“rick, heap, pile”), cognate with Scots ruk (“rick”), Norwegian ruka (“rick, haystack”). Related also to Old English hrēac (“rick, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap”). Further relations: Dutch rook, Icelandic hraukur, Irish cruach. Doublet of croagh.

## Easily confused with
- **rid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rid)
- **Rio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rio)
- **rip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rip)
- **rig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rig)
- **rim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rim)
- **roc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-roc)
- **rin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rin)
- **RNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rnc)
- **RTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rtc)
- **rit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rit)
- **risk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-risk)
- **rock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rock)
- **ride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-ride)
- **ring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-ring)
- **rise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rise)
- **riot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-riot)
- **Rico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rico)
- **Rita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rita)
- **ripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-ripe)
- **rift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rick-vs-rift)

## Common misspellings (6)
`irck`, `rcik`, `ricck`, `rickk`, `rikc`, `rrick`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rick