slick
\slik\
The verdict
“slick” is uncommon French (frequency #67,885 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,885
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pneu lisse utilisé pour une meilleure adhérence par temps sec.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slick |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \slik\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,885 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “slick” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
slick is uncommon French at frequency #67,885 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \slik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
slick doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 slick, spelled S-L-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1Pneu lisse utilisé pour une meilleure adhérence par temps sec.
- 2Pneu très usé dont les rainures ne se voient presque plus.
This word in other languages
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 “slick”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-L-I-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \slik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.