raquettevsroquetteConfusable pair

Which to use

“raquette” and “roquette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,256
“raquette” frequency rank
#21,756
“roquette” frequency rank
42012
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature raquette roquette
Definition 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. Nom de plusieurs plantes de la famille des Brassicacées à l'odeur forte — due en partie à l’isothyocyanate d’allyle, l’érucine et le sulforaphane — et que l’on cultive dans les potagers et qui se mange en salade.

Where the eye mixes raquette and roquette

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. raquette and roquette follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
raquette
8 ch
roquette

Why the eye confuses raquette with roquette

A purely visual mix-up. raquette (\ʁa.kɛt\) and roquette (\ʁɔ.kɛt\) 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 a single letter - a in “raquette” becomes o in “roquette”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

raquette is recorded at frequency rank #20,256, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.kɛt\. roquette is at rank #21,756, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ.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 42012, this pair ranks #228,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of raquette vs roquette

Shared letters: eqrtu. Private to "raquette": a. Private to "roquette": o.

"raquette" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV  ·  "roquette" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • raquette ← arquette · raqeutte · raqquette · raquete · raquetet · raqutete · rauqette · rqauette
  • roquette ← orquette · roqeutte · roqquette · roquete · roquetet · roqutete · rouqette · rqouette

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "raquette" and "roquette" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.kɛt\ versus \ʁɔ.kɛt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "raquette" vs "roquette" - which ranks higher?
"raquette" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,256 in our French list, against #21,756 for "roquette". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "raquette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "roquette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #228,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "raquette" and "roquette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rockets vs roquette". 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 #228,864 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list