atque
\ˈat.kʷe\
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
- assortit
assortit
2,332 corpus weight
- atque
atque
2,328 corpus weight
- attaqueraie…
attaqueraient
2,327 corpus weight
- Augias
Augias
2,326 corpus weight
- authentifiés
authentifiés
2,324 corpus weight
- avalisé
avalisé
2,323 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « atque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \ˈat.kʷe\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « atque » en français
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
- 1Et.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how atque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ave atque vale.
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.
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