uck

/ʌk/

//ʌk// intj

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"uck" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“uck” is uncommon English (frequency #85,876 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,876
frequency rank, English
1,433
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of yuck.

Corpus desk

Index EN-uck · uck · English

uck · rank #85,876 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,876
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,433
  • PHOTO-FINISH typological

Nearest frequency peer: typological (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “uck”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “uck” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for uck
PropertyValue
Headworduck
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
IPA/ʌk/
Letters3
Frequency rank#85,876
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “uck” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).uckfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “typological” (#85,875), “TSMC” (#85,873), “Ukiah” (#85,879). Among 1,433 “U” headwords, “uck” is #85,876. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

uck is uncommon English at frequency #85,876 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /ʌk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of yuck.".

No misspelling variants are generated for uck in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is uck, spelled U-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of yuck.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how uck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “Uck,” he said. “I mean, you... you've got to be kidding.”
  2. Actually, I hadn't looked at my voice mail but I knew now. “Uck. Glad he hasn't been in. Is he ok?”

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "uck"?
"uck" is spelled U-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is /ʌk/.
What does "uck" mean?
As an interjection, "uck" means: Alternative form of yuck.
How do you pronounce "uck"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "uck" is /ʌk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "uck" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "uck", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

woa#85,947soz#85,798zhe#85,961SII#85,776

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list