taquet

\ta.kɛ\

/\ta.kɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“taquet” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,763. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,763
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite butée dans un mécanisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taquet · taquet · French

taquet · rank #31,763 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,763
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tanaka

Nearest frequency peer: Tanaka (-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 « taquet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « taquet » 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).

taquet vs tique
67% similar
taquet vs tuque
67% similar
taquet vs traque
67% similar

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

Key facts for taquet
PropertyValue
Headwordtaquet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.kɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,763
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « taquet »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).taquetse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Tanaka » (#31,762), « Thèbes » (#31,764), « sépulcre » (#31,761). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taquet » est au #31,763. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around taquet (IPA \ta.kɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,763 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for taquet, with forms such as "atquet", "taqeut", and "taqquet". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "tique", "tuque", "traque", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is taquet, spelled T-A-Q-U-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite butée dans un mécanisme.
  2. 2
    Butée réglable utilisée pour arrêter le chariot d’une machine à écrire, pour taquer des caractères et les mettre à niveau.
  3. 3
    Crochet où l’on amarre des cordages.
  4. 4
    Morceau de bois ou de métal taillé pour maintenir l’encoignure d’une armoire, d’un meuble ; bout de bois qui sert à porter le bout d’un tasseau ou d’une barre qu’on ne peut pas arrêter avec des clous.
  5. 5
    Coup de poing ou de pied, gifle.
  6. 6
    Injection de drogue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En se servant de la poignée L, l’ouvrière rabat la brosse Q, le va-et-vient marchant toujours, le taquet d’entraînement arrive au contact de la pièce A.
  2. Taquets de haubans, taquet de cabestan.

This word in other languages

cleat(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atquet
  • taqeut
  • taqquet
  • taquett
  • taqute
  • tauqet
  • tqauet
  • ttaquet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taquet - 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.

atquet2taqeut2taqquet1taquett1taqute2tauqet2tqauet2ttaquet1
Edit distance from "taquet"

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 "taquet"?
"taquet" is spelled T-A-Q-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.kɛ\.
What does "taquet" mean?
As a noun, "taquet" means: Petite butée dans un mécanisme.
What words are commonly confused with "taquet"?
"taquet" is commonly confused with "tique", "tuque", "traque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "taquet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taquet" is \ta.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taquet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Tanaka#31,762Thèbes#31,764Séguin#31,760Tonkin#31,766

Similar misspelling depth

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

Tyrol8 variantsupload8 variantsVivien8 variantssaline8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list