Belgique

\bɛl.ʒik\

/\bɛl.ʒik\/ name

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The verdict

“Belgique” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,198. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,198
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pays de l’Europe de l’Ouest, entouré des Pays-Bas, de l’Allemagne, du Luxembourg, de la France et de la mer du Nord, dont la capitale est Bruxelles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-belgique · Belgique · French

Belgique · rank #1,198 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,198
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH camp

Nearest frequency peer: camp (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Belgique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Belgique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Belgique vs Belgium
75% similar
Belgique vs Baltique
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Belgique
PropertyValue
HeadwordBelgique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\bɛl.ʒik\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,198
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Belgique »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Belgiquese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « camp » (#1,199), « évolution » (#1,196), « drôle » (#1,200). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Belgique » est au #1,198. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Belgique (IPA \bɛl.ʒik\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,198 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pays de l’Europe de l’Ouest, entouré des Pays-Bas, de l’Allemagne, du Luxembourg, de la France et de la mer du Nord, dont la capitale est Bruxelles.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Belgique, with forms such as "bbelgique", "beglique", and "belggique". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Belgium", "Baltique", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Belgique, spelled B-E-L-G-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pays de l’Europe de l’Ouest, entouré des Pays-Bas, de l’Allemagne, du Luxembourg, de la France et de la mer du Nord, dont la capitale est Bruxelles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À peu de distance de Dinant, en Belgique, dans la vallée de la Lesse, il existe un assez grand nombre de ces grottes qui ont dû servir d’habitation ou de refuge à nos ancêtres.
  2. Quelques polémiques se sont élevées au sujet de l’existence d'une race de chèvre aborigène en Belgique.

Synonyms

Royaume de Belgique

This word in other languages

Belgium(English)Bélgica(Español)Belgien(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbelgique
  • beglique
  • belggique
  • belgiqeu
  • belgiqque
  • belgiuqe
  • belgqiue
  • beligque
  • bellgique
  • blegique
  • eblgique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Belgique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbelgique1beglique2belggique1belgiqeu2belgiqque1belgiuqe2belgqiue2beligque2
Edit distance from "Belgique"

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 "Belgique"?
"Belgique" is spelled B-E-L-G-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛl.ʒik\.
What does "Belgique" mean?
As a proper noun, "Belgique" means: Pays de l’Europe de l’Ouest, entouré des Pays-Bas, de l’Allemagne, du Luxembourg, de la France et de la mer du Nord, dont la capitale est Bruxelles.
What words are commonly confused with "Belgique"?
"Belgique" is commonly confused with "Belgium", "Baltique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Belgique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Belgique" is \bɛl.ʒik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Belgique" come from?
"Belgique" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

religion#1,189pression#1,187Amérique#1,219étranger#1,174

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

volonté11 variantspropres11 variantspuissance11 variantshôpital11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list