atque

\ˈat.kʷe\

/\ˈat.kʷe\/ conj

The verdict

“atque” is uncommon French (frequency #97,673 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,673
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Et.

Corpus desk

Index FR-atque · atque · French

atque · rank #97,673 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,673
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH attaqueraient

Nearest frequency peer: attaqueraient (+1 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 « atque »

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 « atque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for atque
PropertyValue
Headwordatque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechConjunction
IPA\ˈat.kʷe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#97,673
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « atque » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).atquetombe 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: « attaqueraient » (#97,674), « Augias » (#97,675), « assortit » (#97,669). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « atque » est au #97,673. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

atque is uncommon French at frequency #97,673 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \ˈat.kʷe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Et.".

Zero misspellings are on record for atque in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is atque, spelled A-T-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Et.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ave atque vale.

Synonyms

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 "atque"?
"atque" is spelled A-T-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈat.kʷe\.
What does "atque" mean?
As a conjunction, "atque" means: Et.
How do you pronounce "atque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atque" is \ˈat.kʷe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atque" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list