pecks

/pɛks/

//pɛks// noun

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

The verdict

“pecks” is uncommon English (frequency #68,525 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,525
frequency rank, English
46,516
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of peck

Key facts for pecks
PropertyValue
Headwordpecks
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɛks/
Letters5
Frequency rank#68,525
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pecks” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). pecks lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pecks is uncommon English at frequency #68,525 among 46,516 “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?
"pecks" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “pecks”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-E-C-K-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /pɛks/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list