pecks

/pɛks/

//pɛks// noun

"pecks" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pecks” is uncommon English (frequency #68,525 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,525
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of peck

Corpus desk

Index EN-pecks · pecks · English

pecks · rank #68,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,525
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pato

Nearest frequency peer: pato (-2 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “pecks”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “pecks” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pecks
PropertyValue
Headwordpecks
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɛks/
Letters5
Frequency rank#68,525
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “pecks” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).pecksfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “pato” (#68,523), “Pelly” (#68,529), “partido” (#68,520). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “pecks” is #68,525. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pecks is uncommon English at frequency #68,525 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɛks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of peck".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pecks, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is pecks, spelled P-E-C-K-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of peck

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pecks"?
"pecks" is spelled P-E-C-K-S. The IPA pronunciation is /pɛks/.
What does "pecks" mean?
As a noun, "pecks" means: plural of peck
How do you pronounce "pecks"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pecks" is /pɛks/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pecks" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pecks", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list