tek
/tɛk/verb, noun
tek is spelled T-E-K: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, tek means “Pronunciation spelling of take, representing dialectal English” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tek?
| Letters | 3: T-E-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,912th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tek?
Tek appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th 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 tek?
- /tɛk/
- /tæk/
Tek 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).
Words people confuse with tek
Sounds like: tech (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with tek?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tek from its last stressed vowel (/ɛk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ket.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tek
- teks present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- teking participle, present
- tekking participle, present
- took past
- tekked past, participle
- tekt past, participle
- tekken participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tek mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
datedPronunciation spelling of take, representing dialectal English.
noun
- 1
slangA method of, or procedure for, extracting, synthesizing, freebasing, or otherwise manufacturing or preparing recreational drugs.
noun
- 1
Initialism of traditional ecological knowledge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tek come from?
Used to represent a dialectal pronunciation of take.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).