usque
/ˈʌskweɪ/obsolete
usque is spelled U-S-Q-U-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, usque means “whisky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of usque is usques.
How many letters and syllables are in usque?
| Letters | 5: U-S-Q-U-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is usque?
Usque appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce usque?
- /ˈʌskweɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-usque.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does usque mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoletewhisky
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).