racquet
/ˈɹækɪt/noun, verb
racquet is spelled R-A-C-Q-U-E-T. The wrong spelling people search most is raquet: about 270 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 3 in 10 of all searches for the word. Racquet is a noun meaning “Alternative form of racket (“implement with a handle connected to a round frame”)”. The plural of racquet is racquets.
How many letters and syllables are in racquet?
| Letters | 7: R-A-C-Q-U-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, raquet, about 270 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell racquet?
Racquet is spelled R-A-C-Q-U-E-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 3 in 10 of the searches for racquet in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is racquet?
Racquet appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce racquet?
- /ˈɹækɪt/
Racquet has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-racquet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with racquet
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: racket, rackett (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: racket.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of racquet
- racquets plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- racqueting participle, present
- racqueted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does racquet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CommonwealthAlternative form of racket (“implement with a handle connected to a round frame”).
verb
- 1
To hit with a racquet.
- 2
To play a game that involves using a racquet.
- 3
To dart about in a manner reminiscent of a ball hit by a racquet.
- 4
To exchange back and forth, similar to the way a tennis ball volleys back and forth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does racquet come from?
Borrowed from French raquette.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).