feck
/fɛk/noun, verb
feck is spelled F-E-C-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 71,529th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, feck means “Effect, value; vigor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of feck is fecks.
How many letters and syllables are in feck?
| Letters | 4: F-E-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 71,529th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is feck?
Feck appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 71,529th 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 feck?
- /fɛk/
Feck 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-feck.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of feck
- fecks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fecking participle, present
- fecked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does feck mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Effect, value; vigor.
- 2
ScotlandThe greater or larger part.
verb
- 1
IrelandslangTo steal.
- 2
IrelandUsed in place of fuck.
Father Jack Hackett: Tea? Feck! […] Mrs. Doyle: I'll tell you what, Father. I'll pour a cup for ye anyway and y' can have it if ya want. Now... And what do you say to a cup? Father Jack Hackett: Feck off, cup!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does feck come from?
Borrowed from Scots, aphetic form of effect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).