Spock
/spɒk/noun, verb
Spock is spelled S-P-O-C-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Spock means “A person or character like a Star Trek Vulcan; someone resembling Star Trek's character Spock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Spock is Spocks.
How many letters and syllables are in Spock?
| Letters | 5: S-P-O-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,420th 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 Spock?
Spock appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th 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 Spock?
- /spɒk/
Spock 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-Spock.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Spock
- Spocks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- Spocking participle, present
- Spocked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Spock mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person or character like a Star Trek Vulcan; someone resembling Star Trek's character Spock.
- 2
The Vulcan salute when used in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock, a handshape that beats rock and scissors and loses to lizard and paper.
verb
- 1
To play the Vulcan salute hand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Spock come from?
Anglicized from Dutch Spaak.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).