uke
/juːk/
"uke" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uke” is an uncommon English word, ranked #52,691 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,691
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Clipping of ukulele.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uke |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /juːk/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “uke” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for uke is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /juːk/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,691 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Clipping of ukulele.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for uke, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is uke, spelled U-K-E.
Definition
- 1Clipping of ukulele.
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.
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Using “uke”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-K-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /juːk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.