Which to use
“piquet” and “piqûres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,718
- “piquet” frequency rank
- #21,112
- “piqûres” frequency rank
- 45830
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piquet | piqûres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit pieu que l’on fiche en terre pour tendre et arrêter les cordes des tentes, des pavillons. | Pluriel de piqûre. |
Where the eye mixes piquet and piqûres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. piquet runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against piqûres's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between piquet and piqûres
A purely visual mix-up. piquet (\pi.kɛ\) and piqûres (\pi.kyʁ\) 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 45830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piquet is recorded at frequency rank #24,718, classified as anoun, pronounced \pi.kɛ\. piqûres is at rank #21,112, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pi.kyʁ\.
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 45830, this pair ranks #199,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of piquet vs piqûres
Shared letters: eipq. Private to "piquet": tu. Private to "piqûres": rsû.
"piquet" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "piqûres" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- piquet ← ipquet · piqeut · piqquet · piquett · piqute · piuqet · ppiquet · pqiuet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "piquet" for "piqûres" ever safe?
Frequency check: "piquet" vs "piqûres" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "piquet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piqûres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piquet" and "piqûres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piqués vs piquet". 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 #199,696 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.