Which to use
“barques” is a noun and “braqués” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,137
- “barques” frequency rank
- #43,307
- “braqués” frequency rank
- 76444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | barques | braqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de barque. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe braquer. |
Where the eye mixes barques and braqués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: barques vs braqués
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: barques is \baʁk\ while braqués is \bʁa.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
barques is recorded at frequency rank #33,137, classified as anoun, pronounced \baʁk\. braqués is at rank #43,307, tagged as averb, pronounced \bʁa.ke\.
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 76444, this pair ranks #31,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of barques vs braqués
Shared letters: abqrsu. Private to "barques": e. Private to "braqués": é.
"barques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "braqués" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- barques ← abrques · baqrues · barqeus · barqques · barquess · barquse · barrques · baruqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "barques" and "braqués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "barques" or "braqués"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "barques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "braqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "barques" and "braqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "branles vs braqués". 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 #31,133 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.