keck
\kɛk\
The verdict
“keck” is uncommon French (frequency #97,072 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,072
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Audacieux, aguichant, hardi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-keck · keck · French
keck · rank #97,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,072
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH keirin
Nearest frequency peer: keirin (+2 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 « keck »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jue
jue
2,936 corpus weight
- kabuto
kabuto
2,933 corpus weight
- keck
keck
2,929 corpus weight
- keirin
keirin
2,927 corpus weight
- khédive
khédive
2,924 corpus weight
- Koehler
Koehler
2,922 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « keck » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | keck |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɛk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « keck » en français
Rare enough to double-check
keck is uncommon French at frequency #97,072 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Audacieux, aguichant, hardi.".
No misspelling variants are generated for keck in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is keck, spelled K-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1Audacieux, aguichant, hardi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how keck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine junge Bäuerin mit einem Grasbündel auf dem Kopfe zeigte sich plötzlich; ihr folgten in einiger Entfernung vier kleine Jungen in Lumpen, aber kecke, vorlaute, hübsche Schelme mit dreisten Augen, brauner Hautfarbe, wahre Teufel, die Engeln glichen.
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.
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