# peck

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɛk/ · frequency rank #15,877

## Definitions
1. To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
2. To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
3. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
4. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
5. To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
6. To type by searching for each key individually.
7. To type in general.
8. To kiss briefly.

## Etymology
From Middle English pecken, pekken, variant of Middle English piken, picken, pikken (“to pick, use a pointed implement”). More at pick.

## Easily confused with
- **PK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pk)
- **per** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-per)
- **pet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pet)
- **pen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pen)
- **pic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pic)
- **pee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pee)
- **PLC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-plc)
- **pep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pep)
- **peg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-peg)
- **pew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pew)
- **PVC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pvc)
- **POC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-poc)
- **PRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-prc)
- **PKK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pkk)
- **pes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pes)
- **PEI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pei)
- **PWC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pwc)
- **ped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-ped)
- **PNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pnc)
- **PFC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peck-vs-pfc)

## Common misspellings (6)
`epck`, `pcek`, `pecck`, `peckk`, `pekc`, `ppeck`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/peck