colique

\kɔ.lik\

/\kɔ.lik\/ adj

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The verdict

“colique” is uncommon French (frequency #53,861 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,861
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui relève du côlon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-colique · colique · French

colique · rank #53,861 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,861
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cogiter

Nearest frequency peer: cogiter (-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 « colique »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « colique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for colique
PropertyValue
Headwordcolique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.lik\
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,861
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « colique » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.coliquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cogiter » (#53,860), « communiquera » (#53,862), « cloque » (#53,859). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « colique » est au #53,861. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

colique is uncommon French at frequency #53,861 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ.lik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui relève du côlon.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for colique, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 colique, spelled C-O-L-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui relève du côlon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how colique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les artères coliques.
  2. S'ils veulent m'avoir, je n'y suis plus !… assez par l'esprit ! funérailles !… aux tripes, Ferdinand !… aux ferments coliques ! ouah ! à la bouze ! oh ! patauger ! pouh ! mais c'est la noce !…

This word in other languages

colonic(English)cólico(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colique"?
"colique" is spelled C-O-L-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lik\.
What does "colique" mean?
As an adjective, "colique" means: Qui relève du côlon.
How do you pronounce "colique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colique" is \kɔ.lik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colique" come from?
"colique" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "colique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cogiter#53,860clament#53,857citrate#53,856chutant#53,854

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list