toque
/təʊk/
"toque" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“toque” is an uncommon English word, ranked #81,911 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #81,911
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of hat with no brim.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toque |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /təʊk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “toque” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for toque is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /təʊk/. Corpus data places it at rank #81,911 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for toque, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French toque (“toque”), from Arabic طَاقِيَّة (ṭāqiyya). The correct English form is toque, spelled T-O-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1A type of hat with no brim.
- 2A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs.
- 3A chef.
- 4A variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica.
- 5An African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries.
Etymology
From Middle French toque (“toque”), from Arabic طَاقِيَّة (ṭāqiyya).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “toque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-O-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /təʊk/ (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.