racket
/ˈɹækɪt/
"racket" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“racket” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #18,933 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,933
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | racket |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹækɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,933 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “racket” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for racket is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹækɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,933 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for racket, with forms such as "arcket", "raccket", and "racekt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "rake", "racks", "raked", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English raket, of uncertain origin. Possibly cognate with Middle French rachette, requette (“palm of the hand”). From Arabic رَاحَةْ اَلْيَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm of the hand”). Alternatively, the term might be derived from Dutch raketsen instead… The correct English form is racket, spelled R-A-C-K-E-T.
Definition
- 1An 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.
- 2A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
- 3A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
Etymology
From Middle English raket, of uncertain origin. Possibly cognate with Middle French rachette, requette (“palm of the hand”). From Arabic رَاحَةْ اَلْيَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm of the hand”). Alternatively, the term might be derived from Dutch raketsen instead, from Middle French rachasser (“to strike (the ball) back”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arcket,raccket,racekt,rackett,rackket,rackte,rakcet,rcaket,rracket
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of racket - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “racket”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-A-C-K-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɹækɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rake” - see the side-by-side comparison. racket vs rake
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.