# banquet vs banquette

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### banquet
*noun · IPA \bɑ̃.kɛ\ · frequency rank #14,610*
Festin, repas d’apparat.

### banquette
*noun · IPA \bɑ̃.kɛt\ · frequency rank #18,943*
Sorte de banc rembourré, sans dossier.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/banquet-vs-banquette