quercus
The verdict
“quercus” is uncommon French (frequency #67,042 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,042
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chêne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quercus · quercus · French
quercus · rank #67,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,042
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH quod
Nearest frequency peer: quod (+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 « quercus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pélagie
pélagie
32,963 corpus weight
- périples
périples
32,962 corpus weight
- quercus
quercus
32,959 corpus weight
- quod
quod
32,958 corpus weight
- racismes
racismes
32,957 corpus weight
- rageuse
rageuse
32,955 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quercus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quercus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quercus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quercus is uncommon French at frequency #67,042 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
quercus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 quercus, spelled Q-U-E-R-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1Chêne.
- 2Choses en chêne :
- 3Choses en chêne :
- 4Choses en chêne :
- 5Choses en chêne :
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quercus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
quercus dicitur, quod id genus arboris grave sit ac durum, tum etiam in ingentem evadat amplitudinem: querqueram enim gravem et magnam putant dici
Synonyms
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).