pik

noun

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The verdict

“pik” is uncommon French (frequency #85,132 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,132
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-pik · pik · French

pik · rank #85,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,132
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pils

Nearest frequency peer: pils (+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 « pik »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pik
PropertyValue
Headwordpik
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#85,132
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pik » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).piktombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pils » (#85,133), « picaresque » (#85,130), « Philippi » (#85,128). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pik » est au #85,132. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pik is uncommon French at frequency #85,132 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manchot, pingouin.".

pik doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pik, spelled P-I-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manchot, pingouin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Roelof Frederik Botha, dit Pik Botha.

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 "pik"?
"pik" is spelled P-I-K.
What does "pik" mean?
As a noun, "pik" means: Manchot, pingouin.
What language does "pik" come from?
"pik" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

piz#85,136PTC#85,170pup#85,175Mut#85,045

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list