Shrek
/ʃɹɛk/noun, verb
Shrek is spelled S-H-R-E-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory noun, Shrek means “An extremely ugly person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Shrek is Shreks.
How many letters and syllables are in Shrek?
| Letters | 5: S-H-R-E-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is Shrek?
Shrek appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 Shrek?
- /ʃɹɛk/
Shrek 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: En-us-Shrek.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Shrek
- Shreks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- Shrekking participle, present
- Shrekked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Shrek mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
derogatoryslangAn extremely ugly person.
verb
- 1
slangTo engage in Shrekking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Shrek come from?
From the fictional ogre Shrek, created by the American author William Steig for his 1990 picture book Shrek! and popularized by the DreamWorks computer-animated movie franchise, whose name derives from Yiddish שרעק (shrek, “fright”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).