Ck (digraph)

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Ck is a digraph common in many languages. In English, ck represents the /k/ sound, and is common at the ends of words, as in "duck", "track", "tack", "deck", "tick", "lock" etc. Some spelling reformers want to replace the plural "cks" with X, wanting a simpler spelling with no "double K" sound (C and K both can make the same sound). In most modern Germanic languages written in the Latin alphabet including English, ck is traditionally used in lieu of kk or cc to write the /k/ phoneme as double, indicating either a geminated pronunciation [kː], or a [k] that forces the preceding vowel under normal circumstances to be a short vowel.

In German, ck indicates that the preceding vowel is short. Prior to the German spelling reform of 1996, it was replaced by k-k for syllabification. The new spelling rules only allow a syllabification of the ck as a whole.

• Old spelling: Säcke: Säk-ke ("sacks")
• New spelling: Säcke: Sä-cke

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Digraphs	Aa aa Ae ae Ai ai Au au Aw aw Ay ay Bh bh Ch ch Ck ck Cö cö Cs cs Cu cu Cz cz Dd dd Dh dh Dj dj Dx dx Dz dz Dž dž Dź dź Dż dż Ea ea Ee ee Ei ei Eu eu Ew ew Ey ey Ff ff Fh fh Gb gb Gh gh Għ għ Gi gi Gj gj Gn gn Gy gy Hs hs Hu hu Ie ie IJ ij Jö jö Kh kh Kp kp Ku ku Lh lh Lj lj Ll ll Ly ly Mb mb Mh mh Mp mp Nd nd Ng ng Nh nh Nj nj Nk nk Ns ns Nt nt Ny ny Nz nz Oa oa Oe oe Oi oi Oo oo Ou ou Ow ow Oy oy Ph ph Qu qu Rd rd Rh rh Rl rl Rn rn Rr rr Rt rt Rz rz Sh sh Sv sv Sy sy Sz sz Th th Tj tj Tr tr Ts ts Tx tx Ty ty Tz tz Ue ue Ui ui Vh vh Wh wh Xh xh Xö xö Yh yh Yk yk Zh zh Zs zs Zv zv
Trigraphs	C'h c'h Dzs dzs Eau eau Ngb ngb Ngh ngh Ngk ngk Nkp nkp Nth nth Nyk nyk Rnd rnd Sch sch
Tetragraphs	Eeuw eeuw Ieuw ieuw Ough ough