berque
\bɛʁk\
The verdict
“berque” is uncommon French (frequency #99,912 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an onomatopoeia. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,912
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formule un sentiment de dégoût.
Corpus desk
Index FR-berque · berque · French
berque · rank #99,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,912
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Berchtesgaden
Nearest frequency peer: Berchtesgaden (-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 « berque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- BDR
BDR
94 corpus weight
- Berchtesgad…
Berchtesgaden
90 corpus weight
- berque
berque
89 corpus weight
- bevin
bevin
88 corpus weight
- bibliophilie
bibliophilie
86 corpus weight
- biefs
biefs
85 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « berque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | berque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Onomatopoeia |
| IPA | \bɛʁk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « berque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
berque is uncommon French at frequency #99,912 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anonomatopoeia, transcribed \bɛʁk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Formule un sentiment de dégoût.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for berque in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is berque, spelled B-E-R-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Formule un sentiment de dégoût.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how berque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des cuisses de crapaud cuites avec de l’herbe et des racines! Pouah! Boyaux de porcins bourrés de sang caillé! Beeeu ! Des limaces en coquille! Berkque! Berque! Berque!
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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