Which to use
“piquets” and “piqûres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,957
- “piquets” frequency rank
- #21,112
- “piqûres” frequency rank
- 54069
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piquets | piqûres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de piquet. | Pluriel de piqûre. |
Where the eye mixes piquets and piqûres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. piquets (CVCVVCC) and piqûres (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses piquets with piqûres
A purely visual mix-up. piquets (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piquets is recorded at frequency rank #32,957, 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 54069, this pair ranks #136,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of piquets vs piqûres
Shared letters: eipqs. Private to "piquets": tu. Private to "piqûres": rû.
"piquets" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "piqûres" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- piquets ← ipquets · piqeuts · piqquets · piquest · piquetss · piquetts · piqutes · piuqets
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "piquets" and "piqûres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "piquets" or "piqûres"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "piquets" and "piqûres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "piquets" 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 #136,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piquets" and "piqûres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piquants vs piquets". 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 #136,515 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.