# wrack

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹæk/ · frequency rank #74,662

## Definitions
1. Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
2. Ruin; destruction.
3. The remains of something; a wreck.

## Etymology
From Middle English wrake, wrache, wreche, from a merger of Old English wracu, wræc (“misery, suffering”) and Old English wrǣċ (“vengeance, revenge”). See also wrake.

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