klick
/klɪk/noun
klick is spelled K-L-I-C-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, klick means “A kilometer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of klick is klicks.
How many letters and syllables are in klick?
| Letters | 5: K-L-I-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 klick?
Klick appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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 klick?
- /klɪk/
Klick 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: En-au-klick.ogg, En-us-klick.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with klick
Sounds like: click (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of klick
- klicks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does klick mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA kilometer.
- 2
slangKilometres per hour.
- 3
Alternative spelling of click (mostly as an interjection)
noun
- 1
Acronym of keratosis linearis with ichthyosis congenita and sclerosing keratoderma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Klick in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense slang, a kilometre:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | borne |
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.