zacks

Name: zacks, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/zæks/

//zæks// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“zacks” is uncommon English (frequency #54,582 among 265 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,582
frequency rank, English: 265
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of zack

Corpus desk

Index EN-zacks · zacks · English

zacks · rank #54,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #54,582
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 265
PHOTO-FINISH yucky

Nearest frequency peer: yucky (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

wriggling

45,424
Yeong

45,423
yessir

45,422
yucky

45,420
zacks

45,419
zahir

45,417

What this shows Long-tail view: where “zacks” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Key facts for zacks
Property	Value
Headword	zacks
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/zæks/
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#54,582
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “zacks” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).zacksfalls in this rarity band:

#54,582

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “yucky” (#54,581), “zahir” (#54,584), “yessir” (#54,579). Among 265 “Z” headwords, “zacks” is #54,582. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zacks is uncommon English at frequency #54,582 among 265 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /zæks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of zack".

zacks doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is zacks, spelled Z-A-C-K-S.

Definition

1
plural of zack

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zacks"?

"zacks" is spelled Z-A-C-K-S. The IPA pronunciation is /zæks/.

What does "zacks" mean?

As a noun, "zacks" means: plural of zack

How do you pronounce "zacks"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zacks" is /zæks/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zacks", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

yucky#54,581 zahir#54,584 Yeong#54,578 Alloa#54,606