bachique
\ba.ʃik\
The verdict
“bachique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à Bacchus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bachique · bachique · French
bachique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | bachique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ba.ʃik\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bachique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bachique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ba.ʃik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
bachique has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bachique, spelled B-A-C-H-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif à Bacchus.
- 2Relatif au vin.
- 3Relatif au vin.
- 4Relatif au vin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bachique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces détails précis évoquent fortement ce qu'on connaît des rites bachiques. D’autant que les réjouissances décrites se déroulaient « en plein automne », au moment donc des feriae vindemiales, les fêtes des vendanges qui se terminaient précisément par un sacrifice à Liber, la vieille divité latine assimilée à Bacchus.
— Tu t’y prends mal, dit Grand-Ferré avec un rire bachique ; tu vas la faire pleurer, tu ne sais pas le beau langage de la cour ; je vais lui parler, moi.
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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.