coqueliquet
\kɔ.kli.kɛ\
The verdict
“coqueliquet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune coq.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coqueliquet · coqueliquet · French
coqueliquet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | coqueliquet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.kli.kɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coqueliquet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coqueliquet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.kli.kɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coqueliquet, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 coqueliquet, spelled C-O-Q-U-E-L-I-Q-U-E-T.
Definition
- 1Jeune coq.
- 2Pâtisserie en forme de coq pour les enfants.
- 3Celui qui faisait faire un mariage ; entremetteur.
- 4Nom vernaculaire de diverses plantes.
- 5Cœur d’une salade supposé ressembler à un petit coq. référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coqueliquet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Celui qui fait faire un mariage est appelé : Coqueliquet. La mariée en récompense doit lui tricoter une paire de chausses (bas) rouges. — D'un individu qui porte des bas rouges on dit : C'est un coqueliquet.
L'équivalent antérieur de coquecigrue est bien coquefague, forme uniquement réelle qui a survécu dans le Maine : le coqueret (Physalis alkekengi) y porte les noms de coqueliquet et cocsignole a côté de cocfague (Rolland, t. VIII, p. 118).
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.