eek
/ik/interjection, verb, noun, adverb
eek is spelled E-E-K: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “eek vs eke” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As an interjection, eek means “Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in eek?
| Letters | 3: E-E-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is eek?
Eek appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th 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 eek?
- UK /iːk/
- US /ik/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-eke.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with eek
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: eke (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: eke.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with eek?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as eek from its last stressed vowel (/ik/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: kee, eke.
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 eek
- eeks present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- eeking participle, present
- eeked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eek mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).
Eek! There's a mouse in the bathtub!
- 2
Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise.
I almost got fired from my job yesterday. Eek!
- 3
Representing the shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.
verb
- 1
To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.
- 2
offensiveslangOf a black person, to speak nonsense or gibberish.
noun
- 1
A high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.
- 2
A face.
How bona to vada your eek!
adverb
- 1
Alternative form of eke (“also”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eek in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense scream or shriek:
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.