neck
\nɛk\
The verdict
“neck” is uncommon French (frequency #51,626 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,626
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Piton de forme cylindrique correspondant à une ancienne cheminée volcanique usée par l’érosion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-neck · neck · French
neck · rank #51,626 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,626
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH navi
Nearest frequency peer: navi (-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 « neck »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nap
nap
48,378 corpus weight
- navi
navi
48,376 corpus weight
- neck
neck
48,375 corpus weight
- neuneu
neuneu
48,374 corpus weight
- NHK
NHK
48,373 corpus weight
- Normandeau
Normandeau
48,372 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « neck » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neck |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɛk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « neck » en français
Rare enough to double-check
neck is uncommon French at frequency #51,626 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Piton de forme cylindrique correspondant à une ancienne cheminée volcanique usée par l’érosion.".
Zero misspellings are on record for neck in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is neck, spelled N-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1Piton de forme cylindrique correspondant à une ancienne cheminée volcanique usée par l’érosion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how neck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ceux de la Vache et de Lassolas ont été éventrés par la pression des matières fondues et égueulés jusqu’à leur base, où l’on observe l’extrémité de la cheminée volcanique, le neck formé par un culot de lave.
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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