troquet

\tʁɔ.kɛ\

/\tʁɔ.kɛ\/ noun

The verdict

“troquet” is uncommon French (frequency #64,846 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,846
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Débit de boissons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-troquet · troquet · French

troquet · rank #64,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,846
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH triées

Nearest frequency peer: triées (-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 « troquet »

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 « troquet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for troquet
PropertyValue
Headwordtroquet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɔ.kɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,846
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « troquet » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).troquettombe 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: « triées » (#64,845), « Trujillo » (#64,847), « tresser » (#64,844). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « troquet » est au #64,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

troquet is uncommon French at frequency #64,846 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɔ.kɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Débit de boissons.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for troquet, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is troquet, spelled T-R-O-Q-U-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Débit de boissons.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le vers, très simple, violent ou joyeux, était en définitive l’unique langage qui convînt au peuple. La prose ne plaisait qu’aux gens d’une intelligence très subtile. Il avait fréquenté les anarchistes chez les troquets de la rue Saint-Jacques. Ils passaient leur soirée à dire et à écouter des romances.
  2. Le soir, ils allèrent tous les six, de troquet en troquet, modulant leur chanson nouvelle.

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 "troquet"?
"troquet" is spelled T-R-O-Q-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɔ.kɛ\.
What does "troquet" mean?
As a noun, "troquet" means: Débit de boissons.
How do you pronounce "troquet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "troquet" is \tʁɔ.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "troquet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list