peek

\ˈpik\

/\ˈpik\/ noun

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The verdict

“peek” is uncommon French (frequency #87,013 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,013
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bref regard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-peek · peek · French

peek · rank #87,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,013
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pavlova

Nearest frequency peer: pavlova (-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 « peek »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for peek
PropertyValue
Headwordpeek
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈpik\
Letters4
Frequency rank#87,013
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « peek » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.peektombe 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: « pavlova » (#87,012), « pensionné » (#87,014), « Patmos » (#87,011). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « peek » est au #87,013. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

peek is uncommon French at frequency #87,013 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for peek, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is peek, spelled P-E-E-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bref regard.
  2. 2
    Commande de lecture du contenu d’un emplacement de mémoire dans le langage BASIC.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I’m busy now, but I have time to take a quick peek at what you’ve been doing.

Synonyms

glancelook

Antonyms

poke

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

oude#86,992orta#86,989OQTF#86,986naba#86,953

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list