Trek vs treck and trekking, which one is correct?
Trek vs treck and trekking, which one is correct?
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Trek is the correct spelling of the word. Treck is a spelling mistake that has been taken up by some dictionaries.
It’s a bit of a funny story how treck came to be a legitimate word. The fact that I’ve just used the word legitimate in this sentence should be enough to indicate the low authority of dictionaries in these matters.
In the early 19th century, dictionaries in Britain started including spellings like trek and truk; this was after the printing press had brought English spelling to a pretty low point. At this stage, words were often spelled the way they sounded, rather than always following a set of rules.