bique
\bik\
The verdict
“bique” is uncommon French (frequency #81,809 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,809
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chèvre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bik\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bique is uncommon French at frequency #81,809 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
bique has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bique, spelled B-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Chèvre.
- 2Vieille femme acariâtre.
- 3Cheval chétif.
- 4(Ouest de la France) Chevalet de sciage (par analogie avec les quatre pattes de l’animal)
- 5L'un des noms vernaculaires de la crevette grise (nom scientifique: Crangon crangon).
This word in other languages
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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Using “bique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.