uke
\u.ke\
The verdict
“uke” is uncommon French (frequency #93,350 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,350
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans les arts martiaux japonais, celui sur qui le tori exécute la technique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-uke · uke · French
uke · rank #93,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,350
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH témoignerait
Nearest frequency peer: témoignerait (-3 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 « uke »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- téléguidés
téléguidés
6,656 corpus weight
- témoignerait
témoignerait
6,654 corpus weight
- uke
uke
6,651 corpus weight
- unforgettab…
unforgettable
6,648 corpus weight
- unia
unia
6,647 corpus weight
- unif
unif
6,646 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « uke » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uke |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \u.ke\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #93,350 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « uke » en français
Rare enough to double-check
uke is uncommon French at frequency #93,350 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \u.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans les arts martiaux japonais, celui sur qui le tori exécute la technique.".
uke has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is uke, spelled U-K-E.
Definition
- 1Dans les arts martiaux japonais, celui sur qui le tori exécute la technique.
Antonyms
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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