abaque

\a.bak\

/\a.bak\/ noun

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The verdict

“abaque” is uncommon French (frequency #93,440 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,440
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compteur à boules chinois pour le calcul.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abaque · abaque · French

abaque · rank #93,440 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,440
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accompagnèrent

Nearest frequency peer: accompagnèrent (+2 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « abaque »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « abaque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abaque
PropertyValue
Headwordabaque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.bak\
Letters6
Frequency rank#93,440
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « abaque » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).abaquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « accompagnèrent » (#93,442), « accoutumer » (#93,443), « accrocha » (#93,444). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abaque » est au #93,440. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abaque is uncommon French at frequency #93,440 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.bak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for abaque, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is abaque, spelled A-B-A-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Compteur à boules chinois pour le calcul.
  2. 2
    Tailloir, partie supérieure d'un chapiteau de colonne sur laquelle porte l’architrave.
  3. 3
    Tableau couvert de sable fin, sur lequel on traçait des nombres pour enseigner le calcul ou la géométrie.
  4. 4
    Diagramme ou graphique qui donne, par simple lecture, la solution approchée d’un problème numérique.
  5. 5
    En logique, tableau servant à tirer les conséquences logiques de prémisses données.
  6. 6
    Table de jeu divisée en compartiments et se rapprochant de nos damiers, de nos échiquiers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how abaque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les nombres écrits sur le papier reproduisent alors les colonnes de l’abaque.
  2. Après sa condamnation, il avait fait de nombreux métiers: "J'ai fait le scieur, le meunier, l'aubergiste, j'ai tenu une école ou j'apprenais l'abaque et a lire et écrire aux enfants, et je joue aussi de la guitare dans les fêtes".

Synonyms

bouliertailloir

This word in other languages

abacus(English)ábaco(Español)Abakus(Deutsch)ábaco(Português)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abaque"?
"abaque" is spelled A-B-A-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bak\.
What does "abaque" mean?
As a noun, "abaque" means: Compteur à boules chinois pour le calcul.
How do you pronounce "abaque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abaque" is \a.bak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abaque" come from?
"abaque" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abaque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list