houlque
^((h aspiré))\ulk\
The verdict
“houlque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire donné à diverses plantes du genre Holcus de la famille des Poaceae (graminées), utilisées en tant que plantes fourragère ou ornementale, elle ressemble à l’avoine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-houlque · houlque · French
houlque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | houlque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ulk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « houlque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
houlque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ulk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for houlque, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is houlque, spelled H-O-U-L-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire donné à diverses plantes du genre Holcus de la famille des Poaceae (graminées), utilisées en tant que plantes fourragère ou ornementale, elle ressemble à l’avoine.
- 2Type de voilier médiéval du Nord de l’Europe, qui a précédé les caraques et caravelles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how houlque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle écoute longuement le silence de la clairière. Puis elle leur emboîte le pas. Ils marchent le long d’une grande haie de ronces parviflores parmi les tiges de houlques laineuses et les flouves douces et odorantes.
Sur des tombeaux aux façades lépreuses, ornées de silhouettes enchâssées et envahies par la menthe sauvage, la houlque et le sisymbre, on devinait des formes dissoutes dans le tanin du marbre blanc, des formes infiniment pures qui amorçaient un dialogue avec la mémoire du monde.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.