maquette

/\ma.kɛt\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,434

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

maquette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Modèle réduit d’un ouvrage d’art, esquisse d’ensemble (d’un panneau décoratif, par exemple). Pronounced \ma.kɛt\. Often confused with muette and mouette.

Key facts for maquette
PropertyValue
Headwordmaquette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.kɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,434
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of maquette in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for maquette is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.kɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,434 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for maquette, with forms such as "amquette", "maqeutte", and "maqquette". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "muette", "mouette", "moquette", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is maquette, spelled M-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Modèle réduit d’un ouvrage d’art, esquisse d’ensemble (d’un panneau décoratif, par exemple).
  2. 2
    Projet permettant de donner l’aperçu le plus juste de ce que sera la réalisation, destiné à permettre le montage des pages (ou des écrans et dialogues, dans le cas d’un logiciel).
  3. 3
    Réalisation sous forme de montage expérimental d’un circuit électronique destiné à l’intégration.
  4. 4
    Projet présentant l’agencement des images qui permettront de réaliser une scène d’animation.
  5. 5
    Morceau de métal en cours d'élaboration dans une forge.
  6. 6
    Mise en page des différents éléments — textes, images — constituant un document écrit — affiche, journal, magazine, livre.
  7. 7
    Prototype d’une carte ou d’une série de cartes, présenté graphiquement sous son aspect définitif.
  8. 8
    Représentation en trois dimensions, à très grande échelle, d’un site géographique ou d’un ensemble architectural.
  9. 9
    Modèle réduit d'un objet reproduit à l'échelle.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amquette,maqeutte,maqquette,maquete,maquetet,maqutete,mauqette,mmaquette,mqauette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for maquette

Misspelling Variants of "maquette"

amquette8maqeutte8maqquette9maquete7maquetet8maqutete8mauqette8mmaquette9
Misspelling Variants of "maquette"

Frequency rank: #15,434 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maquette"?
"maquette" is spelled M-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.kɛt\.
What does "maquette" mean?
As a noun, "maquette" means: Modèle réduit d’un ouvrage d’art, esquisse d’ensemble (d’un panneau décoratif, par exemple).
What words are commonly confused with "maquette"?
"maquette" is commonly confused with "muette", "mouette", "moquette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maquette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maquette" is \ma.kɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maquette" come from?
"maquette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.