pataquès
\pa.ta.kɛs\
The verdict
“pataquès” is uncommon French (frequency #87,008 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,008
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu de mots consistant à faire des liaisons erronées, par dérision, par hypercorrection.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pataques · pataquès · French
pataquès · rank #87,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,008
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH patatras
Nearest frequency peer: patatras (+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 « pataquès »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Parkes
Parkes
12,996 corpus weight
- Partouche
Partouche
12,995 corpus weight
- pataquès
pataquès
12,993 corpus weight
- patatras
patatras
12,992 corpus weight
- pataugeoire
pataugeoire
12,991 corpus weight
- Patmos
Patmos
12,990 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pataquès » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pataquès |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ta.kɛs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pataquès » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pataquès is uncommon French at frequency #87,008 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ta.kɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
pataquès has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pataquès, spelled P-A-T-A-Q-U-È-S.
Definition
- 1Jeu de mots consistant à faire des liaisons erronées, par dérision, par hypercorrection.
- 2Faute grossière de langage, en général.
- 3Énoncés grossiers et ridicules.
- 4Bourde.
- 5Activité d’une certaine ampleur trahissant un manque criant de planification ou d’organisation.
- 6Histoire devenant de plus en plus compliquée et inextricable, prenant des proportions exagérées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pataquès appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’origine du mot pataquès (pas-t-à qui est-ce), qui désigne une faute grossière de liaison dans la conversation ou la lecture.
« J’y vais moi-z-aussi », « Mais que voilà une liaison mal-t-à propos ! », « Donne-moi-z’en ! » sont des pataquès.
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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