keek
/kiːk/verb, noun
keek is spelled K-E-E-K: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, keek means “To peek; peep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in keek?
| Letters | 4: K-E-E-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st 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 keek?
Keek appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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 keek?
- UK /kiːk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-keek.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with keek?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as keek from its last stressed vowel (/ik/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: keke.
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 keek
- keeks present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- keeking participle, present
- keeked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does keek mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
ScotlandTo peek; peep.
noun
- 1
ScotlandA look, especially a quick one; a peek.
noun
- 1
informalClipping of Keekwulee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does keek come from?
From Middle English kyken, kiken, keken (“to look, peep”), probably from Middle Dutch kiken, kieken or Middle Low German kîken (“to look, peep”), from Old Saxon *kīkan (“to look”), from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan, from Proto-Germanic *kīkaną (“to look”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).