neck
\nɛk\
The verdict
“neck” is uncommon French (frequency #51,626 among 86,328 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,626
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Piton de forme cylindrique correspondant à une ancienne cheminée volcanique usée par l’érosion.
| 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) |
Where “neck” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
neck is uncommon French at frequency #51,626 among 86,328 “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.
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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Using “neck”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-E-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.