taquet
\ta.kɛ\
The verdict
“taquet” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #31,763 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #31,763
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petite butée dans un mécanisme.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taquet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.kɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #31,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “taquet” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for taquet is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 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
- 1Petite butée dans un mécanisme.
- 2Butée réglable utilisée pour arrêter le chariot d’une machine à écrire, pour taquer des caractères et les mettre à niveau.
- 3Crochet où l’on amarre des cordages.
- 4Morceau 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.
- 5Coup de poing ou de pied, gifle.
- 6Injection de drogue.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “taquet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-Q-U-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ta.kɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tique” - see the side-by-side comparison. taquet vs tique
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.