Sarawak
/saraˈwak/
"sarawak" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sarawak” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,062. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,062
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A state in eastern Malaysia. Capital: Kuching.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sarawak |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /saraˈwak/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sarawak” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Sarawak (IPA /saraˈwak/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,062 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sarawak, with forms such as "asrawak", "saarwak", and "saraawk". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Malay Sarawak. The correct English form is Sarawak, spelled S-A-R-A-W-A-K.
Definition
- 1A state in eastern Malaysia. Capital: Kuching.
- 2A former country in Southeast Asia; the "Kingdom of Sarawak" from 1841 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's annexation of it in 1946.
Etymology
From Malay Sarawak.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asrawak,saarwak,saraawk,sarawakk,sarawka,sarawwak,sarrawak,sarwaak,sraawak,ssarawak
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sarawak - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “Sarawak”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-R-A-W-A-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /saraˈwak/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.