sous-bock
\su.bɔk\
The verdict
“sous-bock” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sous-verre destiné spécifiquement à la bière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sous-bock · sous-bock · French
sous-bock · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sous-bock |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.bɔk\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sous-bock is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.bɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sous-verre destiné spécifiquement à la bière.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sous-bock in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sous-bock, spelled S-O-U-S---B-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1Sous-verre destiné spécifiquement à la bière.
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.