paquette

\pa.kɛt\

/\pa.kɛt\/ verb

The verdict

“paquette” is uncommon French (frequency #50,403 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,403
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de paqueter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paquette · paquette · French

paquette · rank #50,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,403
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH ouvreur

Nearest frequency peer: ouvreur (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « paquette »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « paquette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for paquette
PropertyValue
Headwordpaquette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pa.kɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,403
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « paquette » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.paquettetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « ouvreur » (#50,402), « paramilitaire » (#50,404), « organisationnelles » (#50,401). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paquette » est au #50,403. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

paquette is uncommon French at frequency #50,403 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.kɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for paquette in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is paquette, spelled P-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de paqueter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de paqueter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de paqueter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de paqueter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de paqueter.

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 "paquette"?
"paquette" is spelled P-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.kɛt\.
What does "paquette" mean?
As a verb, "paquette" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de paqueter.
How do you pronounce "paquette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paquette" is \pa.kɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paquette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list