frick
/fɹɪk/interjection, noun, verb
frick is spelled F-R-I-C-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, frick means “Euphemistic form of fuck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in frick?
| Letters | 5: F-R-I-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th 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 frick?
Frick appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th 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 frick?
- /fɹɪk/
Frick 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-frick.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with frick
Also written: freak.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of frick
- fricks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fricking participle, present
- fricked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does frick mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Euphemistic form of fuck.
What the frick was that?!
noun
- 1
Euphemistic form of fuck; for more and .
- 2
ScotlandobsoleteObsolete form of freak.
verb
- 1
Euphemistic form of fuck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).