This is very similar to the Google Trends results for "frqnce": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=frqnce&hl=en https://trends.google.com/tren

This is very similar to the Google Trends results for "frqnce": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=frqnce&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=frqnce&h... You'll notice it peaks every northern hemisphere summer. On French keyboards, Q and A are reversed compared to US keyboards, and every summer, millions of French people go on vacation, and start Google searching for things back home on unfamiliar keyboards. It declines with the rise of the smartphone, as they're bringing their keyboards with them. Why it suddenly spikes in the last few years, I don't know.