English homophones
racket/racquet
"racket" (#18,933 written frequency) beats "racquet" (#41,833) in this 2-word /ˈɹækɪt/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈɹækɪt/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "racket" leads at #18,933, with "racquet" trailing at #41,833.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "rac" then splits - "racket" (6 letters) vs "racquet" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across racket, racquet: acert. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
racket
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory acekrt · private k
racquet
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVVC
Inventory aceqrtu · private qu
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "racket" when you mean: An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tenni…
- Write "racquet" when you mean: Alternative form of racket (“implement with a handle connected to a round frame”).
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
noun · /ˈɹækɪt/ · #18,933 frequency
An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.
noun · /ˈɹækɪt/ · #41,833 frequency
Alternative form of racket (“implement with a handle connected to a round frame”).
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (racket, racquet). Here's where to go from here.
- "racket" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #18,933 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: Rome · roam. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "racket, racquet" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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