my neck

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"my-neck" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“my neck” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of my foot.

Corpus desk

Index EN-my-neck · my neck · English

my neck · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for my neck
PropertyValue
Headwordmy neck
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “my neck” in English

my necksits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

my neck is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of my foot.".

No misspelling variants are generated for my neck in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is my neck, spelled M-Y- -N-E-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of my foot.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how my neck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "This is what we get for burnin' Flint out!" whined Dobbs. "You shouldn't have did that, Bill. It's a judgment!" "Aw, shut up!" growled his partner. "You make me sick. Judgment my neck! There ain't no such thing!"

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "my neck"?
"my neck" is spelled M-Y- -N-E-C-K.
What does "my neck" mean?
As an interjection, "my neck" means: Alternative form of my foot.
What language does "my neck" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list