# trek

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɹɛk/ · frequency rank #7,628

## Definitions
1. A journey by ox wagon.
2. The Boer migration of 1835–1837.
3. A slow or difficult journey.
4. A long walk.

## Etymology
From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and trēken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-West Germanic *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).

## Easily confused with
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-try)
- **tri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-tri)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-tue)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-tru)
- **tsk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-tsk)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-tse)
- **TRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-trp)
- **tye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-tye)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-true)
- **trip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-trip)
- **Troy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-troy)
- **trio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-trio)
- **trim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-trim)
- **tuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-tuck)
- **tyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-tyre)
- **Trey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-trey)
- **Turk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-turk)
- **trot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-trot)
- **tres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-tres)
- **tris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trek-vs-tris)

## Common misspellings (6)
`rtek`, `terk`, `trekk`, `trke`, `trrek`, `ttrek`

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