# fleck

> English word · Noun · IPA /flɛk/ · frequency rank #48,748

## Definitions
1. A flake.
2. A lock, as of wool.
3. A small spot or streak; a speckle.
4. A small amount.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **fuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-fuck)
- **flew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-flew)
- **fled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-fled)
- **flee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-flee)
- **flex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-flex)
- **fleet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-fleet)
- **flesh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-flesh)
- **freak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-freak)
- **flock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-flock)
- **flick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-flick)
- **frick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-frick)
- **fleur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-fleur)
- **flees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-flees)
- **frock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-frock)
- **fleece** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-fleece)
- **Flickr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-flickr)
- **flicks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-flicks)
- **flocks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleck-vs-flocks)
- **FEC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fec-vs-fleck)
- **flea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flea-vs-fleck)

## Common misspellings (8)
`felck`, `ffleck`, `flcek`, `flecck`, `fleckk`, `flekc`, `flleck`, `lfeck`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fleck