fleck
/flɛk/noun, verb
fleck is spelled F-L-E-C-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fleck means “A flake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fleck is flecks.
How many letters and syllables are in fleck?
| Letters | 5: F-L-E-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th 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 fleck?
Fleck appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th 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 fleck?
- /flɛk/
Fleck 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fleck.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fleck
- flecks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- flecking participle, present
- flecked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fleck mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A flake.
- 2
A lock, as of wool.
- 3
A small spot or streak; a speckle.
- 4
A small amount.
a fleck of hope
verb
- 1
To mark (something) with small spots.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fleck in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tache , moucheter, tacheter |
| German | Fleck |
| Portuguese | mancha, pinta , manchar |
| Spanish | mota, salpicadura , jaspear |
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.
Where does fleck come from?
From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”)), from Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Dutch vlek, German Fleck, Swedish fläck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).