claudiquer
\klo.di.ke\
The verdict
“claudiquer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Boiter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-claudiquer · claudiquer · French
claudiquer · 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 "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 | claudiquer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \klo.di.ke\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « claudiquer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
claudiquer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \klo.di.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for claudiquer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is claudiquer, spelled C-L-A-U-D-I-Q-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Boiter.
- 2Progresser de façon maladroite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how claudiquer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme si son nom lui avait jeté un mauvais sort, Claudine claudiquait.
Elle arriva un jour où il faisait exprès de claudiquer aux côtés d’Irène. Vous êtes peut-être fatigué ? demanda-t-elle. Ma jambe tire, avoua-t-il ou feignit-il d’avouer. — (François Buloz, La revue des deux mondes, 1982, page 80)
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.