Home › Words › B › befleckbefleck/bɪˈflɛk/befleck means to cover with small spots or flecks.befleck is pronounced /bɪˈflɛk/.EtymologyFrom be- + fleck.verbto cover with small spots or fleckse.g.“The world is filled with changeful light, The clouds befleck the sky, And o’er the fields, to harvest white, The trooping shadows fly.” — 1854, Jonathan Freke Slingsby, “A Slingsby Wedding, and the Doings Thereat”, in The Dublin University Magazine, A Literary and Political Journal, volume 44:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.flecked 76% match — Containing flecks vs befleck →flecking 73% match — A flecked pattern. vs befleck →bespot 71% match — To make spots on; mark with spots; cover with or as with blots or blemishes. vs befleck →bespeckle 71% match — To add speckles. vs befleck →blotch 70% match — An uneven patch of color or discoloration. vs befleck →befreckled 69% match — Covered in freckles. vs befleck →specked 68% match — Having specks or spots, speckled. vs befleck →beblotched 68% match — Marked with one or more blotches. vs befleck →