# croquet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɹəʊkeɪ/ · frequency rank #41,575

## Definitions
1. A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
2. A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
3. A croquette.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet.

## Easily confused with
- **crochet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crochet-vs-croquet)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccroquet`, `corquet`, `croqeut`, `croqquet`, `croquett`, `croqute`, `crouqet`, `crqouet`, `crroquet`, `rcoquet`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/croquet