toquer

\tɔ.ke\

/\tɔ.ke\/ verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for toquer
PropertyValue
Headwordtoquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɔ.ke\
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,651
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « toquer » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).toquertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « toponymes » (#57,650), « torpilleurs » (#57,652), « tomberez » (#57,649). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « toquer » est au #57,651. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Toucher, frapper en faisait un petit bruit sec.
  2. 2
    Toucher, frapper en faisait un petit bruit sec.
  3. 3
    Donner des coups.
  4. 4
    ou Se cogner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Du côté de la piscine, les cris avaient repris, et, vers le tennis, les balles toquaient avec un bruit mat.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "toquer"?
"toquer" is spelled T-O-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.ke\.
What does "toquer" mean?
As a verb, "toquer" means: Toucher, frapper en faisait un petit bruit sec.
How do you pronounce "toquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toquer" is \tɔ.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "toquer" come from?
"toquer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list