Which to use
“braque” is a noun and “braquer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,380
- “braque” frequency rank
- #18,674
- “braquer” frequency rank
- 39054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | braque | braquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Race de chien d’arrêt originaires du continent européen, à oreilles pendantes et le plus souvent à poil court, parfois à poil dur, excellent pour la chasse en plaine. | Tourner de façon à placer (une arme à feu, un instrument d'optique) dans une direction déterminée, pointer. |
Where the eye mixes braque and braquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: braque vs braquer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: braque is \bʁak\ while braquer is \bʁa.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “braque” sits inside “braquer”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
braque is recorded at frequency rank #20,380, classified as anoun, pronounced \bʁak\. braquer is at rank #18,674, 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 39054, this pair ranks #250,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of braque vs braquer
Shared letters: abeqru. Private to "braque": -. Private to "braquer": -.
"braque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "braquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "braque" and "braquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "braque" or "braquer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "braque" and "braquer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "braque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "braquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "braque" and "braquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Braine vs braque". 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 #250,836 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.