gleek
/ɡliːk/noun, verb
gleek is spelled G-L-E-E-K: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gleek means “A once-popular game of cards played by three people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gleek is gleeks.
How many letters and syllables are in gleek?
| Letters | 5: G-L-E-E-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gleek?
Gleek appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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 gleek?
- US /ɡliːk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-gleek.ogg, En-au-Gleek.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gleek?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gleek from its last stressed vowel (/ik/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: kegel.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gleek
- gleeks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- gleak
- gleeking participle, present
- gleeked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gleek mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
- 2
Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.
- 3
A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
- 4
An enticing glance or look.
- 5
informalA stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
- 6
slangA geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
- 2
obsoleteTo jest.
- 3
obsoleteTo pass time frivolously.
- 4
informalTo discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands.
noun
- 1
slangA fan of the television show Glee.
are there any other Gleeks out here in viPhone land? I saw on my facebook today that there's a Glee app!! $2.99 so I grabbed it. maybe I shouldn't have seeing all the financial stress I'm currently under but I'm a Gleek in a big way!! so I
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gleek in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | brelan , plaisanterie , œillade , aubaine, bonne fortune, coup de pot |
| Spanish | guiñada , ganga, bicoca, pichincha , burlarse, tomar el pelo |
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 gleek come from?
From Middle French glic, from Old French glic (“a game of cards”), of Germanic origin from or related to Middle High German glücke, gelücke (“luck”) and Middle Dutch gelīc (“like, alike”). More at luck, like.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).