Leck
\lɛk\
The verdict
“Leck” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fuite de liquide, voie d'eau dans un navire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leck · Leck · French
Leck · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leck |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Leck » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Leck is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Leck in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Leck, spelled L-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1Fuite de liquide, voie d'eau dans un navire.
- 2Fuite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hast du gesehen, dass unser Boot leckt? Ja, ich habe das Leck schon gefunden und notdürftig verstopft, am Wochenende dichte ich es.
Seit den mysteriösen Lecks der Nordstream-Pipelines ist auch der breiteren Öffentlichkeit klar: Energie- und Datenleitungen unter Wasser sind potenzielle Ziele im hybriden Krieg um Einfluss und Märkte.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.