# track

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɹæk/ · frequency rank #1,033

## Definitions
1. A mark left by something that has passed along.
2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
3. The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
4. A road or other similar beaten path.
5. Physical course; way.
6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
7. The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
8. The way or rails along which a train moves.
9. A tract or area, such as of land.
10. The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
11. Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
12. The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
13. Ellipsis of caterpillar track.
14. The pitch.
15. Sound stored on a record.
16. The physical track on a record.
17. A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
18. A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
19. The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
20. A themed set of talks within a conference.
21. Clipping of trackshoe.
22. A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.

## Etymology
From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic source, either Old Norse traðk ("a track; path; trodden spot"; > Icelandic traðk (“a track; path; tread”), Faroese traðk (“track; tracks”), Norwegian tråkke (“to trample”)) or from Middle Dutch trec, *trac, treck ("line, row, series"; > Dutch trek (“a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition”)), German Low German Treck (“a draught; movement; passage; flow”). See tread, trek.

## Easily confused with
- **trap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-trap)
- **trek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-trek)
- **tray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-tray)
- **tuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-tuck)
- **tram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-tram)
- **Tran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-tran)
- **trad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-trad)
- **Trav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-trav)
- **trade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-trade)
- **train** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-train)
- **truck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-truck)
- **trick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-trick)
- **trail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-trail)
- **trash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-trash)
- **trans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-trans)
- **trunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-trunk)
- **Tracy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-tracy)
- **traps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-traps)
- **tract** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-tract)
- **trait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/track-vs-trait)

## Common misspellings (8)
`rtack`, `tarck`, `tracck`, `trackk`, `trakc`, `trcak`, `trrack`, `ttrack`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/track