tuque
/tuːk/
"tuque" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tuque” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a knit cap, often woollen but of varying shape, usually conical and topped by a pom-pom.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tuque · tuque · English
tuque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tuque |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tuːk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tuque” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tuque is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /tuːk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tuque has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Canadian French tuque. The correct English form is tuque, spelled T-U-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1a knit cap, often woollen but of varying shape, usually conical and topped by a pom-pom.
- 2Alternative form of toque.
Etymology
Borrowed from Canadian French tuque.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.