chibouque
\ʃi.buk\
The verdict
“chibouque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pipe turque, à long tuyau de bois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chibouque · chibouque · French
chibouque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | chibouque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.buk\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chibouque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chibouque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃi.buk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pipe turque, à long tuyau de bois.".
chibouque has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chibouque, spelled C-H-I-B-O-U-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Pipe turque, à long tuyau de bois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chibouque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Madame Dubarry peinte au pastel par Latour, une étoile sur la tête, nue et dans un nuage, paraissait contempler avec concupiscence une chibouque indienne.
Le pope Nikola pointait alors souvent sa chibouque vers la ville en contrebas, au bord de la rivière, et il disait en plaisantant à demi : Tout ce qui respire et grouille là en bas, tout ce qui est doté d’une voix humaine, c’est nous deux qui en répondons.
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.