bicoque
\bi.kɔk\
The verdict
“bicoque” is uncommon French (frequency #66,537 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,537
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très petite maison.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bicoque · bicoque · French
bicoque · rank #66,537 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,537
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Bex
Nearest frequency peer: Bex (-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 « bicoque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- beste
beste
33,467 corpus weight
- bestialité
bestialité
33,466 corpus weight
- Bex
Bex
33,465 corpus weight
- bicoque
bicoque
33,464 corpus weight
- bidules
bidules
33,463 corpus weight
- binette
binette
33,462 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bicoque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bicoque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.kɔk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bicoque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bicoque is uncommon French at frequency #66,537 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.kɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
bicoque has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented 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 bicoque, spelled B-I-C-O-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Très petite maison.
- 2Maison.
- 3Petite ville ou place de peu d’importance et de peu de défense.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bicoque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette chancelante bicoque bâtie en moellons était revêtue d'une couche de plâtre jauni, […].
À une petite distance de la bicoque de Dieu le père, le Pape-Dieu rencontra une troupe folâtre de femmes et de jeunes filles, parées d’étoffes voyantes et bigarrées.
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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