Buc
\byk\
The verdict
“Buc” is uncommon French (frequency #65,756 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,756
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Yvelines.
Corpus desk
Index FR-buc · Buc · French
Buc · rank #65,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,756
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH broyée
Nearest frequency peer: broyée (-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 « Buc »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- boxeuse
boxeuse
34,248 corpus weight
- Britannicus
Britannicus
34,247 corpus weight
- broyée
broyée
34,246 corpus weight
- Buc
Buc
34,245 corpus weight
- buccales
buccales
34,244 corpus weight
- buen
buen
34,243 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Buc » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Buc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \byk\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #65,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Buc » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Buc is uncommon French at frequency #65,756 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \byk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Buc in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Buc, spelled B-U-C.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département des Yvelines.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département du Territoire de Belfort.
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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