turcique
\tyʁ.sik\
The verdict
“turcique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Turc, de Turquie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-turcique · turcique · French
turcique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | turcique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tyʁ.sik\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « turcique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
turcique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tyʁ.sik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for turcique, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is turcique, spelled T-U-R-C-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Turc, de Turquie.
- 2Relatif aux langues turques d’Asie centrale.
- 3Relatif aux peuples de langues turciques, aux peuples turcs d’Asie centrale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how turcique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Selle turcique.
Les linguistes emploient le terme turquien pour la langue turque de Turquie, turcique pour les langues turques centrasiatiques.
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.