houlque
^((h aspiré))\ulk\
The verdict
“houlque” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “houlque” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for houlque is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\ulk\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “houlque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-U-L-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\ulk\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.