pulque
\pul.ke\
The verdict
“pulque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Jus d'agave (aguamiel) fermenté, qui est employé comme boisson au Mexique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pulque · pulque · French
pulque · 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 | pulque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pul.ke\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pulque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pulque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pul.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jus d'agave (aguamiel) fermenté, qui est employé comme boisson au Mexique.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pulque, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pulque, spelled P-U-L-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Jus d'agave (aguamiel) fermenté, qui est employé comme boisson au Mexique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pulque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle n'osait rien dire quand on nous faisait boire du pulque le samedi pour nous saoûler.
Les jours de fête Quand les indiens et les vaqueros s’enivrent de whisky et de pulque Dorypha danse Au son de la guitare mexicaine Habaneras si entraînantes Qu’on vient de plusieurs lieues pour l’admirer
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.