bellique
\bɛ.lik\
The verdict
“bellique” 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) - De guerre, relatif à la guerre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bellique · bellique · French
bellique · 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 | bellique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bɛ.lik\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bellique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bɛ.lik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bellique, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bellique, spelled B-E-L-L-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1De guerre, relatif à la guerre.
- 2Colonne bellique, colonne dont le fût est en forme de canon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bellique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quoi ! cette âme enhardie Au hâle, au sable ardent, craint le champ soleilleux ? Que ne va-t-il bellique Jouter avec ses pairs, soumettre au loup dompteur Un étalon gallique ?
Un ouvrage récent a magistralement rappelé la présence structurelle de l’activité bellique dans le développement des institutions communales italiennes aux XIIᵉ et XIIIᵉ siècles.
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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.