warlock
/ˈwɔɹ.lɑk/noun
warlock is spelled W-A-R-L-O-C-K: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, warlock means “A male magic-user; a male equivalent of a witch; a wizard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of warlock is warlocks.
How many letters and syllables are in warlock?
| Letters | 7: W-A-R-L-O-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th 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 warlock?
Warlock appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th 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 warlock?
- UK /ˈwɔː.lɒk/
- US /ˈwɔɹ.lɑk/
Warlock 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-warlock.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of warlock
- warlocks plural
- warluck
- warlow
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does warlock mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A male magic-user; a male equivalent of a witch; a wizard.
- 2
A magic-user (regardless of gender).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Warlock in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense male magic-user:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | enchanteur, sorcier, magicien |
| German | Hexer, Hexenmeister, Zauberer |
| Portuguese | bruxo, feiticeiro, mago |
| Spanish | brujo, hechicero, mago |
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 warlock come from?
From Middle English warloghe, warlowe, warloȝe, from Old English wǣrloga (“traitor, deceiver”, literally “truce-breaker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wārulogō (“liar”), equivalent to Old English wǣr (“covenant, truce, pact, promise”) (from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁- (“true”); whence also Latin vērus) + loga (“liar”), from Proto-Germanic *lugô, related to Old English lēogan (whence English lie).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).