Which to use
“braquer” and “braqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,674
- “braquer” frequency rank
- #43,307
- “braqués” frequency rank
- 61981
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | braquer | braqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tourner de façon à placer (une arme à feu, un instrument d'optique) dans une direction déterminée, pointer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe braquer. |
Same sound, different letters: braquer vs braqués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: braquer vs braqués
This is the hard kind. braquer and braqués are pronounced identically (\bʁa.ke\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61981, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
braquer is recorded at frequency rank #18,674, classified as averb, pronounced \bʁa.ke\. 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 61981, this pair ranks #89,456 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of braquer vs braqués
Shared letters: abqru. Private to "braquer": e. Private to "braqués": sé.
"braquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "braqués" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- braquer ← barquer · bbraquer · braqeur · braqquer · braquerr · braqure · brauqer · brqauer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "braquer" and "braqués" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "braquer" or "braqués"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "braquer" 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 #89,456 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "braquer" 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 #89,456 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.