racket

\ʁa.kɛt\

/\ʁa.kɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“racket” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,460. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,460
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme de chantage de proximité, avec menaces de violence dans le but d’extorquer de l’argent, des objets ou des renseignements.

Corpus desk

Index FR-racket · racket · French

racket · rank #25,460 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,460
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rachetée

Nearest frequency peer: rachetée (-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 « racket »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « racket » 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).

racket vs racle
67% similar
racket vs rocket
83% similar
racket vs raclée
50% similar

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

Key facts for racket
PropertyValue
Headwordracket
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.kɛt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,460
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « racket »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.racketse 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 « rachetée » (#25,459), « rafle » (#25,461), « qualitatif » (#25,458). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « racket » est au #25,460. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around racket (IPA \ʁa.kɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,460 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forme de chantage de proximité, avec menaces de violence dans le but d’extorquer de l’argent, des objets ou des renseignements.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for racket, with forms such as "arcket", "raccket", and "racekt". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "racle", "rocket", "raclée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is racket, spelled R-A-C-K-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forme de chantage de proximité, avec menaces de violence dans le but d’extorquer de l’argent, des objets ou des renseignements.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le racket est un délit d’extorsion puni par la loi.
  2. À Locri et à Reggio, les interrogatoires ont commencé et les 78 prévenus ont fait affluer aux alentours des palais de justice une bonne centaine d'avocats dont les honoraires se régleront, comme à l’habitude, par une recrudescence des rackets.

This word in other languages

racket(English)Erpressung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arcket
  • raccket
  • racekt
  • rackett
  • rackket
  • rackte
  • rakcet
  • rcaket
  • rracket

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of racket - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

arcket2raccket1racekt2rackett1rackket1rackte2rakcet2rcaket2
Edit distance from "racket"

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 "racket"?
"racket" is spelled R-A-C-K-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.kɛt\.
What does "racket" mean?
As a noun, "racket" means: Forme de chantage de proximité, avec menaces de violence dans le but d’extorquer de l’argent, des objets ou des renseignements.
What words are commonly confused with "racket"?
"racket" is commonly confused with "racle", "rocket", "raclée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "racket"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "racket" is \ʁa.kɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "racket" come from?
"racket" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

rampes#25,464ravage#25,467puerto#25,450Roanne#25,481

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

reçoive9 variantspersil9 variantspagaille9 variantsoblique9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list