alek

\aˈlɛk\

/\aˈlɛk\/ noun

The verdict

“alek” is uncommon French (frequency #80,841 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,841
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zone radiale entre A et L (roue matricielle).

Corpus desk

Index FR-alek · alek · French

alek · rank #80,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,841
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alarm

Nearest frequency peer: alarm (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « alek »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « alek » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alek
PropertyValue
Headwordalek
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aˈlɛk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,841
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « alek » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.alektombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « alarm » (#80,840), « akan » (#80,838), « akademie » (#80,837). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alek » est au #80,841. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alek is uncommon French at frequency #80,841 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \aˈlɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zone radiale entre A et L (roue matricielle).".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for alek, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is alek, spelled A-L-E-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zone radiale entre A et L (roue matricielle).

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alek"?
"alek" is spelled A-L-E-K. The IPA pronunciation is \aˈlɛk\.
What does "alek" mean?
As a noun, "alek" means: Zone radiale entre A et L (roue matricielle).
How do you pronounce "alek"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alek" is \aˈlɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alek" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list