maquette
\ma.kɛt\
The verdict
“maquette” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #15,434 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,434
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Modèle réduit d’un ouvrage d’art, esquisse d’ensemble (d’un panneau décoratif, par exemple).
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 | maquette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.kɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maquette” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for maquette is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for maquette, with forms such as "amquette", "maqeutte", and "maqquette". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "muette", "mouette", "moquette", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is maquette, spelled M-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Modèle réduit d’un ouvrage d’art, esquisse d’ensemble (d’un panneau décoratif, par exemple).
- 2Projet 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).
- 3Réalisation sous forme de montage expérimental d’un circuit électronique destiné à l’intégration.
- 4Projet présentant l’agencement des images qui permettront de réaliser une scène d’animation.
- 5Morceau de métal en cours d'élaboration dans une forge.
- 6Mise en page des différents éléments — textes, images — constituant un document écrit — affiche, journal, magazine, livre.
- 7Prototype d’une carte ou d’une série de cartes, présenté graphiquement sous son aspect définitif.
- 8Représentation en trois dimensions, à très grande échelle, d’un site géographique ou d’un ensemble architectural.
- 9Modèle réduit d'un objet reproduit à l'échelle.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amquette,maqeutte,maqquette,maquete,maquetet,maqutete,mauqette,mmaquette,mqauette
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maquette - 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.
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.
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Using “maquette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.kɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “muette” - see the side-by-side comparison. maquette vs muette
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.