Which to use
“maquette” and “maquettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,434
- “maquette” frequency rank
- #21,387
- “maquettes” frequency rank
- 36821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maquette | maquettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Modèle réduit d’un ouvrage d’art, esquisse d’ensemble (d’un panneau décoratif, par exemple). | Pluriel de maquette. |
Same sound, different letters: maquette vs maquettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. maquette runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against maquettes's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - maquette / maquettes
This is the hard kind. maquette and maquettes are pronounced identically (\ma.kɛt\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “maquette” sits inside “maquettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maquette is recorded at frequency rank #15,434, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.kɛt\. maquettes is at rank #21,387, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.kɛt\.
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 36821, this pair ranks #266,915 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maquette vs maquettes
Shared letters: aemqtu. Private to "maquette": -. Private to "maquettes": s.
"maquette" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "maquettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "maquette" for "maquettes" ever safe?
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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 "maquette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maquettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,915 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maquette" and "maquettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maquettes vs muettes". 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 #266,915 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.