foulques

\fulk\

/\fulk\/ noun

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The verdict

“foulques” is uncommon French (frequency #59,301 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,301
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de foulque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-foulques · foulques · French

foulques · rank #59,301 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,301
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fossil

Nearest frequency peer: fossil (-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 « foulques »

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 « foulques » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for foulques
PropertyValue
Headwordfoulques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fulk\
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,301
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « foulques » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).foulquestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « fossil » (#59,300), « fray » (#59,302), « fongicides » (#59,299). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « foulques » est au #59,301. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

foulques is uncommon French at frequency #59,301 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fulk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de foulque.".

foulques doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is foulques, spelled F-O-U-L-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de foulque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La baie de L’Aiguillon est le passage obligé des oiseaux migrateurs : foulques, macroules, tadornes…

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 "foulques"?
"foulques" is spelled F-O-U-L-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fulk\.
What does "foulques" mean?
As a noun, "foulques" means: Pluriel de foulque.
How do you pronounce "foulques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foulques" is \fulk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foulques" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

friperie#59,304flamingo#59,295féodales#59,308flamants#59,294

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list