skylark
/ˈskaɪlɑɹk/noun, verb
skylark is spelled S-K-Y-L-A-R-K: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skylark means “A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skylark is skylarks.
How many letters and syllables are in skylark?
| Letters | 7: S-K-Y-L-A-R-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,808th 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 skylark?
Skylark appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th 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 skylark?
- UK /ˈskaɪlɑːk/
- US /ˈskaɪlɑɹk/
Skylark has 2 syllables (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-skylark.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of skylark
- skylarks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- skylarking participle, present
- skylarked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skylark mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.
verb
- 1
datedTo jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Skylark in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small brown passerine bird:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | alouette des champs |
| German | Feldlerche |
| Portuguese | cotovia, laverca, calandra, calhandra |
| Spanish | alondra común |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does skylark come from?
From sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).