Which to use
“piquée” and “plaquée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,472
- “piquée” frequency rank
- #43,069
- “plaquée” frequency rank
- 69541
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piquée | plaquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de piqué. | Féminin singulier de plaqué. |
Where the eye mixes piquée and plaquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. piquée runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against plaquée's 7 (CCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between piquée and plaquée
A purely visual mix-up. piquée (\pi.ke\) and plaquée (\pla.ke\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piquée is recorded at frequency rank #26,472, classified as anadj, pronounced \pi.ke\. plaquée is at rank #43,069, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pla.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 69541, this pair ranks #54,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of piquée vs plaquée
Shared letters: epqué. Private to "piquée": i. Private to "plaquée": al.
"piquée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "plaquée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "piquée" and "plaquée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "piquée" vs "plaquée" - which ranks higher?
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 "piquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plaquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piquée" and "plaquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "planqués vs plaquée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #54,708 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.