CQ
\siːk.juː\
The verdict
“CQ” is uncommon French (frequency #66,626 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,626
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appel à toutes les stations, appel général. Indique que l'on cherche à contacter une personne au hasard et pas quelqu'un en particulier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cq · CQ · French
CQ · rank #66,626 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,626
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH couronnant
Nearest frequency peer: couronnant (-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 « CQ »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- costumier
costumier
33,378 corpus weight
- coucherai
coucherai
33,377 corpus weight
- couronnant
couronnant
33,376 corpus weight
- CQ
CQ
33,375 corpus weight
- crab
crab
33,374 corpus weight
- crachez
crachez
33,373 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « CQ » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CQ |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \siːk.juː\ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #66,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « CQ » en français
Rare enough to double-check
CQ is uncommon French at frequency #66,626 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \siːk.juː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appel à toutes les stations, appel général. Indique que l'on cherche à contacter une personne au hasard et pas quelqu'un en particulier.".
CQ has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is CQ, spelled C-Q.
Definition
- 1Appel à toutes les stations, appel général. Indique que l'on cherche à contacter une personne au hasard et pas quelqu'un en particulier.
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.