# racket

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹækɪt/ · frequency rank #18,933

## Definitions
1. 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.
2. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
3. A 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **rake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-rake)
- **racks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-racks)
- **raked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-raked)
- **rakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-rakes)
- **ranked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-ranked)
- **rocket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-rocket)
- **rocker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-rocker)
- **Rickey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-rickey)
- **ratchet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-ratchet)
- **rackets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-rackets)
- **racquet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-racquet)
- **rickety** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-rickety)
- **race** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/race-vs-racket)
- **rack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rack-vs-racket)
- **races** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/races-vs-racket)
- **raced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raced-vs-racket)
- **racer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racer-vs-racket)
- **racist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racist-vs-racket)
- **Rachel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rachel-vs-racket)

## Common misspellings (9)
`arcket`, `raccket`, `racekt`, `rackett`, `rackket`, `rackte`, `rakcet`, `rcaket`, `rracket`

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