tiquer

\ti.ke\

/\ti.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“tiquer” is uncommon French (frequency #60,432 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,432
frequency rank, French
164,488
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avoir un tic. Se dit proprement des chevaux qui ont l’habitude de mordre leur mangeoire.

Key facts for tiquer
PropertyValue
Headwordtiquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ti.ke\
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,432
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tiquer” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tiquer lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tiquer is uncommon French at frequency #60,432 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ti.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tiquer, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tiquer, spelled T-I-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir un tic. Se dit proprement des chevaux qui ont l’habitude de mordre leur mangeoire.
  2. 2
    Avoir une réaction physique involontaire à un événement désapprouvé, comme une gestuelle, une mimique.
  3. 3
    Être arrêté par une difficulté, être heurté par une proposition, par une requête à laquelle on répugne.

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 "tiquer"?
"tiquer" is spelled T-I-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.ke\.
What does "tiquer" mean?
As a verb, "tiquer" means: Avoir un tic. Se dit proprement des chevaux qui ont l’habitude de mordre leur mangeoire.
How do you pronounce "tiquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tiquer" is \ti.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tiquer" come from?
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Using “tiquer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-I-Q-U-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ti.ke\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list