francique
\fʁɑ̃.sik\
The verdict
“francique” is uncommon French (frequency #95,925 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,925
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Francs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-francique · francique · French
francique · rank #95,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,925
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH franchiseur
Nearest frequency peer: franchiseur (-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 « francique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- formosa
formosa
4,080 corpus weight
- fourbi
fourbi
4,079 corpus weight
- Framatome
Framatome
4,078 corpus weight
- franchiseur
franchiseur
4,077 corpus weight
- francique
francique
4,076 corpus weight
- frege
frege
4,074 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « francique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | francique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fʁɑ̃.sik\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « francique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
francique is uncommon French at frequency #95,925 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fʁɑ̃.sik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for francique in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is francique, spelled F-R-A-N-C-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux Francs.
- 2Relatif aux dialectes du vieux bas allemand occidental. On parle dans ce cas plutôt de "bas-francique"
- 3Relatif aux dialectes du moyen allemand occidental actuel.
- 4Relatif aux dialectes de l'allemand supérieur actuel, au nord du bassin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how francique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il avait composé son armée, en grande partie, de troupes gauloises et franciques.
Les langues franciques sont un groupe de langues et de dialectes qui appartiennent pour deux tiers au groupe du moyen allemand (partie occidentale, zone en vert sur la carte ci-contre) et pour un tiers à l'allemand supérieur, zone en bleu sur la carte ci-contre.
This word in other languages
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.
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