slacks
\slak\
The verdict
“slacks” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de slack.
Corpus desk
Index FR-slacks · slacks · French
slacks · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slacks |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \slak\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « slacks » en français
Rare enough to double-check
slacks is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \slak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de slack.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for slacks, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is slacks, spelled S-L-A-C-K-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de slack.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how slacks appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il avait envie de crier, O’Brien l’Irlandais. De dire à ces têtes plates que lui, O’B., le chef régional le plus apprécié de la Crude, lui aussi avait de longues années durant traîné ses slacks d’un port à l’autre à chercher une sortie. Lui aussi avait été tramp.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.