souq
/suːk/noun
souq is spelled S-O-U-Q: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, souq means “A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of souq is souqs.
How many letters and syllables are in souq?
| Letters | 4: S-O-U-Q |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 98,107th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is souq?
Souq appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th 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 souq?
- /suːk/
- /suːq/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-souq.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of souq
- souqs plural
- souk
- suq
- sooq
- sook
- suk
- sukh
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does souq mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Souq in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries:
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 souq come from?
From Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”), from Aramaic שוקא or ܫܘܩܐ (šūqā’, “street, market”), from Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqu, “street”), from 𒊓𒆸 (s(i)āqu, “narrow”). Doublet of shuk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).