sark
/sɑːk/noun, verb
sark is spelled S-A-R-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Sark, the name). As a noun, sark means “Synonym of shirt, whether worn against the skin or not” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sark is sarks.
How many letters and syllables are in sark?
| Letters | 4: S-A-R-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 sark?
Sark appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Sark, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sark?
- /sɑːk/
Sark 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sark.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sark?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sark.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ksar.
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 sark
- sarks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sarking participle, present
- sarked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sark mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA garment worn against the torso, inclusive of shirts, tunics, undershirts, nightshirts, surplices.
Near is the kirtle, but nearer the sark.
- 2
ScotlandSynonym of shirt, whether worn against the skin or not.
verb
- 1
To cover with sarking, or thin boards.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sark come from?
From Middle English serk, sark, serke, from Old English serċ, sierċ m; and serċe, sierċe f (“sark, shirt, shift, smock, tunic, corselet, coat of mail”), from Proto-West Germanic *sarki, from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (“shirt, armour, hauberk”), from Proto-Indo-European *swerg-, *swerk- (“clothes worn outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to arrange, tack, tie, unite”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).