crotte de bique

\kʁɔt də bik\

/\kʁɔt də bik\/ noun

The verdict

“crotte de bique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Excrément de la chèvre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crotte-de-bique · crotte de bique · French

crotte de bique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 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.

Key facts for crotte de bique
PropertyValue
Headwordcrotte de bique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɔt də bik\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « crotte de bique » en français

crotte de biquen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crotte de bique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɔt də bik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for crotte de bique in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 crotte de bique, spelled C-R-O-T-T-E- -D-E- -B-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Excrément de la chèvre.
  2. 2
    Chose sans valeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce jour-là, […] Lise découvrit, sur le sol de la remise, des petites boules noires et luisantes, assez semblables à des crottes de bique.
  2. Ta bagnole, c’est de la crotte de bique.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crotte de bique"?
"crotte de bique" is spelled C-R-O-T-T-E- -D-E- -B-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɔt də bik\.
What does "crotte de bique" mean?
As a noun, "crotte de bique" means: Excrément de la chèvre.
How do you pronounce "crotte de bique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crotte de bique" is \kʁɔt də bik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crotte de bique" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list