quignon

\ki.ɲɔ̃\

/\ki.ɲɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“quignon” is uncommon French (frequency #83,296 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,296
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morceau de pain plus ou moins gros désignant généralement le bout du pain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quignon · quignon · French

quignon · rank #83,296 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,296
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH Quignard

Nearest frequency peer: Quignard (-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 « quignon »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quignon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quignon
PropertyValue
Headwordquignon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ki.ɲɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,296
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « quignon » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.quignontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Quignard » (#83,295), « questionnés » (#83,294), « Quincampoix » (#83,298). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quignon » est au #83,296. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quignon is uncommon French at frequency #83,296 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ki.ɲɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for quignon in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is quignon, spelled Q-U-I-G-N-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Morceau de pain plus ou moins gros désignant généralement le bout du pain.
  2. 2
    Le pain quotidien, la nourriture.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how quignon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il mange un quignon de pain, un gros quignon de pain à son déjeuner.
  2. Il se leva et sortit, tenant en son poing un quignon de pain où il mordait encore.

Synonyms

crougnoncroustetcroûtecroutecroûtoncroutoncrochoncrotchonculgusignon

This word in other languages

heel(English)cuscurro(Español)Anschnitt(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quignon"?
"quignon" is spelled Q-U-I-G-N-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ki.ɲɔ̃\.
What does "quignon" mean?
As a noun, "quignon" means: Morceau de pain plus ou moins gros désignant généralement le bout du pain.
How do you pronounce "quignon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quignon" is \ki.ɲɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quignon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quignon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

radiées#83,301Pérugin#83,290pythons#83,288recréée#83,311

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list