schleck

\ʃlɛk\

/\ʃlɛk\/ verb

The verdict

“schleck” is uncommon French (frequency #64,085 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,085
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de schlecken.

Corpus desk

Index FR-schleck · schleck · French

schleck · rank #64,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,085
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Savin

Nearest frequency peer: Savin (-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 « schleck »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schleck
PropertyValue
Headwordschleck
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃlɛk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,085
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « schleck » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).schlecktombe 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: « Savin » (#64,084), « scorpio » (#64,086), « sarbacane » (#64,081). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « schleck » est au #64,085. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schleck is uncommon French at frequency #64,085 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃlɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de schlecken.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schleck, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is schleck, spelled S-C-H-L-E-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de schlecken.

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 "schleck"?
"schleck" is spelled S-C-H-L-E-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃlɛk\.
What does "schleck" mean?
As a verb, "schleck" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de schlecken.
How do you pronounce "schleck"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schleck" is \ʃlɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schleck" come from?
"schleck" 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 "schleck", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list