squeak

/skwiːk/noun, verb

squeak is spelled S-Q-U-E-A-K: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, squeak means “A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of squeak is squeaks.

How many letters and syllables are in squeak?

Letters	6: S-Q-U-E-A-K
Syllables	1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none 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 squeak?

Squeak appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce squeak?

/skwiːk/

Squeak 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). Recordings: En-us-squeak.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of squeak

squeaks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
squeaking participle, present
squeaked participle, past

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

What does squeak mean?

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

noun

1
A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.
2
A card game similar to group solitaire.
3
slangA narrow squeak.

verb

1
To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
2
slangTo inform, to squeal.
3
To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.
4
To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name.
5
informalTo win or progress by a narrow margin.

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

Squeak in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	grincement, crissement, craquement (short, high-pitched sound), craquer, crisser, grincer (emit sound)
German	Gequieke, Gequietsche, Knarren, Piepsen, Quietschen (short, high-pitched sound), knarren (emit sound)
Portuguese	guincho (short, high-pitched sound), guinchar (emit sound)
Spanish	chirrido (short, high-pitched sound), rechinar, chirrear, chirriar (emit sound)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.