paquet

/\pa.kɛ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,482

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

paquet is aFrenchnoun. It means: Emballage, colis, regroupant plusieurs choses. Pronounced \pa.kɛ\. It ranks #3,482 in French word frequency. Often confused with pique and parue.

Key facts for paquet
PropertyValue
Headwordpaquet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.kɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,482
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for paquet is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.kɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,482 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for paquet, with forms such as "apquet", "paqeut", and "paqquet". 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, "pique", "parue", "Payet", 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 paquet, spelled P-A-Q-U-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Emballage, colis, regroupant plusieurs choses.
  2. 2
    Groupe de plusieurs personnes.
  3. 3
    Ensemble de propositions de lois, de réformes ou d’amendements.
  4. 4
    Emballage conditionné pour la vente.
  5. 5
    Chose encombrante.
  6. 6
    Propos généralement désobligeants ou désagréables pour la personne à qui ils sont adressés.
  7. 7
    Faire des paquets : Commérer, médire ^([2]).
  8. 8
    Personne qui a pris beaucoup d’embonpoint et qui se remue difficilement.
  9. 9
    Lâcher le paquet : Tout révéler, abandonner ^([2]).
  10. 10
    Paquet de couenne(s) : Garde national, assemblage de maladroits ^([2]).
  11. 11
    Masse d’eau soulevée par une lame et qui retombe sur le pont d’une embarcation.
  12. 12
    Quantité de lignes de composition, à peu près de l’étendue d’une page ordinaire, mais sans folio ni titre courant, et liée avec une ficelle.
  13. 13
    Ensemble de données numériques, constituant un message ou une partie de message, et d’éléments numériques de service, comprenant une adresse, organisés selon une disposition déterminée par le procédé de transmission et acheminés comme un tout.
  14. 14
    Synonyme de paquetage, fichier qui permet l’installation d’un logiciel, d’une bibliothèque, etc.
  15. 15
    Synonyme de « pack des avants ».
  16. 16
    Ellipse de « paquet de billets », somme importante.
  17. 17
    Grande quantité, forte dose, apportée généreusement.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apquet,paqeut,paqquet,paquett,paqute,pauqet,ppaquet,pqauet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for paquet

Misspelling Variants of "paquet"

apquet6paqeut6paqquet7paquett7paqute6pauqet6ppaquet7pqauet6
Misspelling Variants of "paquet"

Frequency rank: #3,482 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paquet"?
"paquet" is spelled P-A-Q-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.kɛ\.
What does "paquet" mean?
As a noun, "paquet" means: Emballage, colis, regroupant plusieurs choses.
What words are commonly confused with "paquet"?
"paquet" is commonly confused with "pique", "parue", "Payet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paquet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paquet" is \pa.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paquet" come from?
"paquet" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.