Which to use
“baquet” and “barques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,666
- “baquet” frequency rank
- #33,137
- “barques” frequency rank
- 74803
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baquet | barques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit cuvier, généralement de bois, dont les bords sont assez bas. | Pluriel de barque. |
Where the eye mixes baquet and barques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. baquet runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against barques's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between baquet and barques
A purely visual mix-up. baquet (\ba.kɛ\) and barques (\baʁk\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74803, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
baquet is recorded at frequency rank #41,666, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.kɛ\. barques is at rank #33,137, tagged as anoun, pronounced \baʁk\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 74803, this pair ranks #35,965 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of baquet vs barques
Shared letters: abequ. Private to "baquet": t. Private to "barques": rs.
"baquet" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "barques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "baquet" and "barques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "baquet" or "barques" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "baquet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "barques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,965 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "baquet" and "barques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baquet vs basset". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #35,965 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.