bique-bouc
The verdict
“bique-bouc” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hermaphrodite, variante de bique et bouc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bique-bouc · bique-bouc · French
bique-bouc · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | bique-bouc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bique-bouc » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bique-bouc is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bique-bouc, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bique-bouc, spelled B-I-Q-U-E---B-O-U-C.
Definition
- 1Hermaphrodite, variante de bique et bouc.
- 2Homosexuel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bique-bouc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces particularités étaient sans doute mieux acceptées & comprises à la campagne qu'elles ne l'auraient été à la ville, comme en témoigne l'appellation « bique-bouc », plus parlante que le mot savant.
On dit aussi bique-bouc, en Champagne, Lorraine et Franche-Comté ainsi que boubique en Normandie.
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.