boc
\bɔk\
The verdict
“boc” is uncommon French (frequency #71,293 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,293
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cabriolet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boc · boc · French
boc · rank #71,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,293
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH boba
Nearest frequency peer: boba (-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 « boc »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- blessez
blessez
28,711 corpus weight
- bloguer
bloguer
28,710 corpus weight
- boba
boba
28,709 corpus weight
- boc
boc
28,708 corpus weight
- bogues
bogues
28,707 corpus weight
- boiter
boiter
28,706 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « boc » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔk\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #71,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « boc » en français
Rare enough to double-check
boc is uncommon French at frequency #71,293 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for boc, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is boc, spelled B-O-C.
Definition
- 1Cabriolet.
- 2Montre.
- 3Mauvais cabaret, lieu de débauche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how boc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin son mari, sachant qu’elle aimait à se promener en voiture, trouva un boc d’occasion, qui, ayant une fois des lanternes neuves et des garde-crotte en cuir piqué, ressembla presque à un tilbury.
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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