Which to use
“bloques” and “braqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,191
- “bloques” frequency rank
- #43,307
- “braqués” frequency rank
- 85498
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bloques | braqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bloquer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe braquer. |
Where the eye mixes bloques and braqués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: bloques vs braqués
A purely visual mix-up. bloques (\blɔk\) and braqués (\bʁa.ke\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bloques is recorded at frequency rank #42,191, classified as averb, pronounced \blɔk\. 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 85498, this pair ranks #11,279 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bloques vs braqués
Shared letters: bqsu. Private to "bloques": elo. Private to "braqués": aré.
"bloques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "braqués" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bloques ← bbloques · blloques · bloqeus · bloqques · bloquess · bloquse · blouqes · blqoues
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bloques" for "braqués" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bloques" vs "braqués" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "bloques" 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 #11,279 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bloques" 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 #11,279 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.