taquet

/\ta.kɛ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,763

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

taquet is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petite butée dans un mécanisme. Pronounced \ta.kɛ\. Often confused with tique and tuque.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for taquet is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ta.kɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,763 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for taquet, with forms such as "atquet", "taqeut", and "taqquet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "tique", "tuque", "traque", 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 taquet, spelled T-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
    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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atquet,taqeut,taqquet,taquett,taqute,tauqet,tqauet,ttaquet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for taquet

Misspelling Variants of "taquet"

atquet6taqeut6taqquet7taquett7taqute6tauqet6tqauet6ttaquet7
Misspelling Variants of "taquet"

Frequency rank: #31,763 in French

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?
"taquet" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.