piquet

\pi.kɛ\

/\pi.kɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“piquet” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,718. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,718
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit pieu que l’on fiche en terre pour tendre et arrêter les cordes des tentes, des pavillons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-piquet · piquet · French

piquet · rank #24,718 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,718
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pinceaux

Nearest frequency peer: pinceaux (-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 « piquet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « piquet » 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).

piquet vs piqûre
50% similar
piquet vs piqûres
57% similar
piquet vs piquets
86% similar

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

Key facts for piquet
PropertyValue
Headwordpiquet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.kɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,718
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « piquet »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pinceaux » (#24,717), « pitch » (#24,719), « pilon » (#24,716). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « piquet » est au #24,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around piquet (IPA \pi.kɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,718 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for piquet, with forms such as "ipquet", "piqeut", and "piqquet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "piqûre", "piqûres", "piquets", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is piquet, spelled P-I-Q-U-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit pieu que l’on fiche en terre pour tendre et arrêter les cordes des tentes, des pavillons.
  2. 2
    Pieu plus grand et plus fort, dont on se sert pour mettre des chevaux à l’attache, par le moyen des cordes.
  3. 3
    Bâton, perche qu’on plante en terre de distance en distance, pour prendre un alignement.
  4. 4
    Petit groupe de personnes (cavaliers, fantassins, etc.) désigné pour effectuer une surveillance dans un cadre opérationnel ou administratif.
  5. 5
    Groupe de personnes, voire d’animaux.
  6. 6
    Punition scolaire qui consiste à être mis debout, pendant un certain temps, contre un arbre ou un mur.
  7. 7
    Jeu de cartes se jouant principalement à deux avec un jeu de 32 cartes.
  8. 8
    Piquet de chevaux.
  9. 9
    Taxe qui avait cours sous l’Ancien Régime à Marseille.
  10. 10
    Érection.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les piquets d’une tente.
  2. Mettre, tenir des chevaux au piquet.

Synonyms

poteau

This word in other languages

peg(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipquet
  • piqeut
  • piqquet
  • piquett
  • piqute
  • piuqet
  • ppiquet
  • pqiuet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of piquet - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ipquet2piqeut2piqquet1piquett1piqute2piuqet2ppiquet1pqiuet2
Edit distance from "piquet"

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 "piquet"?
"piquet" is spelled P-I-Q-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.kɛ\.
What does "piquet" mean?
As a noun, "piquet" means: Petit pieu que l’on fiche en terre pour tendre et arrêter les cordes des tentes, des pavillons.
What words are commonly confused with "piquet"?
"piquet" is commonly confused with "piqûre", "piqûres", "piquets". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piquet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piquet" is \pi.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piquet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

payeur#24,708orales#24,696revêtu#24,746natura#24,686

Similar misspelling depth

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

pitch8 variantsreverra8 variantsrégit8 variantsmercy8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list