fyke
noun, verb
fyke is a noun meaning “A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-Y-K-E and has one syllable, and it appears about once in every 91 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fyke is fykes.
What does fyke mean?
noun
- 1
A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.
verb
- 1
To fish using a fyke.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fyke?
Fyke 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).
Forms of fyke
- fykes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fyking participle, present
- fyked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fyke?
Fyke appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th 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).
Fyke in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of fish-trap:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | verveux |
| German | Sacknetz, Reuse |
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 fyke come from?
Borrowed from Dutch fuik (“fish trap”), from Middle Dutch vuyke, fuke. Cognate with West Frisian fûke, German Low German Fuuk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).