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seck

adjective

seck is spelled S-E-C-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, seck means “Only used in rent seck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in seck?

Letters4: S-E-C-K
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is seck?

Seck appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th 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 seck?

    Seck has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of seck

    • more seck comparative
    • most seck superlative

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does seck mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      Only used in rent seck

    noun

    1. 1

      ScotlandobsoleteAlternative form of sack.

      The kittlings ligging on the secks […]

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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