Which to use
“raclette” and “raquette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,833
- “raclette” frequency rank
- #20,256
- “raquette” frequency rank
- 41089
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raclette | raquette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite racle. | Instrument dont on se sert pour jouer à la paume, au volant ou au tennis, et qui est fait d’un filet de cordes à boyau, tendues en long et en travers sur un cadre de bois recourbé en ovale et muni d’un manche. |
Where the eye mixes raclette and raquette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. raclette (CVCCVCCV) and raquette (CVCVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: raclette vs raquette
A purely visual mix-up. raclette (\ʁɑ.klɛt\) and raquette (\ʁa.kɛt\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raclette is recorded at frequency rank #20,833, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ.klɛt\. raquette is at rank #20,256, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.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 41089, this pair ranks #235,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raclette vs raquette
Shared letters: aert. Private to "raclette": cl. Private to "raquette": qu.
"raclette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "raquette" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "raclette" and "raquette" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "raclette" vs "raquette" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "raclette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raquette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raclette" and "raquette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "raclette vs rochette". 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 #235,621 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.