# speaks

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈspiːks/ · frequency rank #3,454

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of speak

## Easily confused with
- **steak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaks-vs-steak)
- **spear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaks-vs-spear)
- **specs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaks-vs-specs)
- **speck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaks-vs-speck)
- **speeds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaks-vs-speeds)
- **steals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaks-vs-steals)
- **Spears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaks-vs-spears)
- **steaks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaks-vs-steaks)
- **sprays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaks-vs-sprays)
- **sweats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speaks-vs-sweats)
- **seas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seas-vs-speaks)
- **spas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spas-vs-speaks)
- **speak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speak-vs-speaks)
- **seats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seats-vs-speaks)
- **seeks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeks-vs-speaks)
- **sneak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sneak-vs-speaks)
- **seals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seals-vs-speaks)
- **seams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seams-vs-speaks)
- **Sparks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparks-vs-speaks)
- **sneaky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sneaky-vs-speaks)

## Common misspellings (9)
`pseaks`, `sepaks`, `spaeks`, `speakks`, `speakss`, `speask`, `spekas`, `sppeaks`, `sspeaks`

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