baquet

\ba.kɛ\

/\ba.kɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“baquet” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,666
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit cuvier, généralement de bois, dont les bords sont assez bas.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baquet · baquet · French

baquet · rank #41,666 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,666
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH barrettes

Nearest frequency peer: barrettes (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « baquet »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « baquet » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

baquet vs Bauer
50% similar
baquet vs basket
67% similar
baquet vs basque
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for baquet
PropertyValue
Headwordbaquet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.kɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,666
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « baquet »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).baquetse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « barrettes » (#41,667), « batailler » (#41,668), « baigneurs » (#41,663). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baquet » est au #41,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around baquet (IPA \ba.kɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,666 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for baquet, with forms such as "abquet", "baqeut", and "baqquet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Bauer", "basket", "basque", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is baquet, spelled B-A-Q-U-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit cuvier, généralement de bois, dont les bords sont assez bas.
  2. 2
    Caisse où les graveurs versent et font mordre l’eau-forte sur des planches de cuivre.
  3. 3
    Pierre creuse remplie d’eau pour nettoyer les caractères d’imprimerie.
  4. 4
    C'est un vaisseau de bois rond, quarré ou oblong dans lequel le jardinier sème quelques graines. Les plus communs sont ronds et font la moitié d'un muid ou un demi-muid scié en deux ou bien on en fait exprès chez le tonnelier pour être à peu près de la même figure et pour cet effet il emploie des douves des cerceaux et des osiers. (définition du dictionnaire économique de Noël Chomel édité à Lyon en 1709)
  5. 5
    Siège individuel en forme de fauteuil qui épouse bien le corps. On dit aussi siège-baquet.
  6. 6
    Ventre.
  7. 7
    Bateau à fond plat utilisé pour procéder au nettoyage des canaux du nord de la France.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how baquet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Goodwin a plongé plusieurs fois des chats et des chiens dans des baquets d’encre pendant quelques secondes.
  2. Voici au bout de l’allée un baquet plein d’eau et un pot à côté, vous pourrez vous amuser à arroser les légumes et les fleurs.

Synonyms

seille

This word in other languages

tub(English)caja(Español)Behälter(Deutsch)caixa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abquet
  • baqeut
  • baqquet
  • baquett
  • baqute
  • bauqet
  • bbaquet
  • bqauet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baquet - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abquet2baqeut2baqquet1baquett1baqute2bauqet2bbaquet1bqauet2
Edit distance from "baquet"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baquet"?
"baquet" is spelled B-A-Q-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.kɛ\.
What does "baquet" mean?
As a noun, "baquet" means: Petit cuvier, généralement de bois, dont les bords sont assez bas.
What words are commonly confused with "baquet"?
"baquet" is commonly confused with "Bauer", "basket", "basque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baquet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baquet" is \ba.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baquet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "baquet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

backup#41,662beaver#41,670azimut#41,661bigard#41,674

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

birch8 variantsAsimov8 variantscaunes8 variantscavalli8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list