week

\wik\

/\wik\/ noun

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The verdict

“week” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,244
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-week · week · French

week · rank #1,244 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,244
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH usage

Nearest frequency peer: usage (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « week »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « week » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

week vs Wes
25% similar
week vs WWE
0% similar
week vs wen
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for week
PropertyValue
Headwordweek
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wik\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,244
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « week »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).weekse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « usage » (#1,243), « émission » (#1,245), « totalement » (#1,242). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « week » est au #1,244. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around week (IPA \wik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,244 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Week-end.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for week, with forms such as "ewek", "weekk", and "wek". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Wes", "WWE", "wen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 week, spelled W-E-E-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Week-end.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bon week et à lundi !
  2. Ce week, à la vente aux enchères organisée à l'occasion du Rétromobile, à Paris (notre édition du 2 février), le prix d'une Facel Vega HK II A s'est envolé.

Synonyms

week-end

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ewek
  • weekk
  • wek
  • weke
  • wweek

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of week - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ewek2weekk1wek1weke2wweek1
Edit distance from "week"

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 "week"?
"week" is spelled W-E-E-K. The IPA pronunciation is \wik\.
What does "week" mean?
As a noun, "week" means: Week-end.
What words are commonly confused with "week"?
"week" is commonly confused with "Wes", "WWE", "wen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "week"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "week" is \wik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "week" come from?
"week" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

dame#1,255cité#1,224rêve#1,210bébé#1,285

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

russe5 variantsfasse5 variantslois5 variantslutte5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list