escroque

\ɛs.kʁɔk\

/\ɛs.kʁɔk\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui escroque, ou qui est accusée d’escroquerie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-escroque · escroque · French

escroque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" 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 escroque
PropertyValue
Headwordescroque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.kʁɔk\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « escroque » en français

escroquen'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

escroque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.kʁɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme qui escroque, ou qui est accusée d’escroquerie.".

No misspelling variants are generated for escroque in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 escroque, spelled E-S-C-R-O-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme qui escroque, ou qui est accusée d’escroquerie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Monsieur, c’est donc être une escroque que de ne pas faire de vilaines choses pour un petit cadeau !
  2. Elle ne serait sans doute jamais devenue une escroque — comme on disait dans son entourage — si elle n’avait chaleureusement accueilli en 1940 sa vieille mère qui avait dû quitter avec quelque précipitation les Ardennes pour venir chercher chez son enfant, à Elbeuf, un abri relatif.

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 "escroque"?
"escroque" is spelled E-S-C-R-O-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.kʁɔk\.
What does "escroque" mean?
As a noun, "escroque" means: Femme qui escroque, ou qui est accusée d’escroquerie.
How do you pronounce "escroque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escroque" is \ɛs.kʁɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escroque" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list