toquer
\tɔ.ke\
The verdict
“toquer” is uncommon French (frequency #57,651 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,651
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toucher, frapper en faisait un petit bruit sec.
Corpus desk
Index FR-toquer · toquer · French
toquer · rank #57,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,651
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH toponymes
Nearest frequency peer: toponymes (-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 « toquer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tocsin
tocsin
42,353 corpus weight
- tomberez
tomberez
42,352 corpus weight
- toponymes
toponymes
42,351 corpus weight
- toquer
toquer
42,350 corpus weight
- torpilleurs
torpilleurs
42,349 corpus weight
- transnation…
transnational
42,347 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « toquer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toquer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɔ.ke\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « toquer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
toquer is uncommon French at frequency #57,651 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tɔ.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for toquer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is toquer, spelled T-O-Q-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Toucher, frapper en faisait un petit bruit sec.
- 2Toucher, frapper en faisait un petit bruit sec.
- 3Donner des coups.
- 4ou Se cogner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how toquer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du côté de la piscine, les cris avaient repris, et, vers le tennis, les balles toquaient avec un bruit mat.
Puis il rejoignit la chambre de sa femme, à l’autre bout du couloir. Il toqua à sa porte.
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); 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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