phreak
/fɹiːk/noun, verb
phreak is spelled P-H-R-E-A-K: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phreak means “A person who engages in phone phreaking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phreak is phreaks.
How many letters and syllables are in phreak?
| Letters | 6: P-H-R-E-A-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th 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; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is phreak?
Phreak appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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 phreak?
- /fɹiːk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-freak.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with phreak
Sounds like: freak (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of phreak
- phreaks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- phreaking participle, present
- phreaked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phreak mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedslangA person who engages in phone phreaking.
verb
- 1
datedslangTo engage in phone phreaking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does phreak come from?
Blend of phone + freak.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).