poquer
\pɔ.ke\
The verdict
“poquer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeter sa boule très haut de telle manière que, retombant à terre, elle s’immobilise très vite.
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Index FR-poquer · poquer · French
poquer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | poquer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɔ.ke\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poquer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poquer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɔ.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeter sa boule très haut de telle manière que, retombant à terre, elle s’immobilise très vite.".
No misspelling variants are generated for poquer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is poquer, spelled P-O-Q-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Jeter sa boule très haut de telle manière que, retombant à terre, elle s’immobilise très vite.
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.