cheick

\ʃɛk\

/\ʃɛk\/ noun

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The verdict

“cheick” is uncommon French (frequency #55,135 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,135
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de cheik.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cheick · cheick · French

cheick · rank #55,135 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,135
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chaudasse

Nearest frequency peer: chaudasse (-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 « cheick »

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 « cheick » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cheick
PropertyValue
Headwordcheick
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɛk\
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,135
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cheick » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cheicktombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « chaudasse » (#55,134), « chercheuses » (#55,136), « Charonne » (#55,133). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cheick » est au #55,135. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cheick is uncommon French at frequency #55,135 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de cheik.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cheick, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cheick, spelled C-H-E-I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de cheik.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Plus tard, c’est Sayyid Burhan al-Din Muhaqqiq al-Tirmidhi, l’un des adjoints de Sultan al-Ulama, qui est devenu le guide spirituel et le cheick de Rumi.

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 "cheick"?
"cheick" is spelled C-H-E-I-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛk\.
What does "cheick" mean?
As a noun, "cheick" means: Variante de cheik.
How do you pronounce "cheick"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cheick" is \ʃɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cheick" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chétif#55,143cligne#55,148caller#55,117butent#55,110

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list