zack
/zæk/noun
zack is spelled Z-A-C-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, zack means “Sixpence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zack is zacks.
How many letters and syllables are in zack?
| Letters | 4: Z-A-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is zack?
Zack appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 zack?
- UK /zak/
- US /zæk/
Zack 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: En-au-zack.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with zack
Also written: zac.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with zack?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as zack from its last stressed vowel (/æk/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of zack
- zacks plural
- zac
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zack mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaSixpence.
- 2
AustraliarareFive cents.
- 3
AustraliaA six-month or six-year prison sentence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does zack come from?
Unknown; possibly an alteration or dialect form of six.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).