Sack

\zak\

/\zak\/ noun

The verdict

“Sack” is uncommon French (frequency #62,611 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,611
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sac.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sack · Sack · French

Sack · rank #62,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,611
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH saccagent

Nearest frequency peer: saccagent (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Sack »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Sack » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sack
PropertyValue
HeadwordSack
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\zak\
Letters4
Frequency rank#62,611
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Sack » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Sacktombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « saccagent » (#62,610), « sacristain » (#62,612), « sableuse » (#62,609). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sack » est au #62,611. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sack is uncommon French at frequency #62,611 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \zak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Sack, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Sack, spelled S-A-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sac.
  2. 2
    Poche.
  3. 3
    Poche (de pantalon).
  4. 4
    Couilles.
  5. 5
    Enfoiré.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Sack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er erkundigte sich nach Tonys Acker und Vieh, fragte, wieviel sie für den Sack Weizen nähme und erbot sich, Geschäfte mit ihr zu machen.
  2. (Die Bauern) sind zwar nicht reich geworden – aber für südmexikanische Verhältnisse geradezu wohlhabend: Sie haben genug zu essen, können ihre Kinder in die Oberschule schicken und zur Erleichterung der Feldarbeit besitzen sie heute Maultiere, die ihnen beim Schleppen der 60 Kilogramm schweren Säcke helfen.

Synonyms

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sack"?
"Sack" is spelled S-A-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is \zak\.
What does "Sack" mean?
As a noun, "Sack" means: Sac.
How do you pronounce "Sack"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sack" is \zak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sack" come from?
"Sack" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list