Which to use
“raquette” and “roquettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,256
- “raquette” frequency rank
- #20,553
- “roquettes” frequency rank
- 40809
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raquette | roquettes |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Pluriel de roquette. |
Where the eye mixes raquette and roquettes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. raquette runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against roquettes's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between raquette and roquettes
A purely visual mix-up. raquette (\ʁa.kɛt\) and roquettes (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40809, 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\. roquettes is at rank #20,553, 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 40809, this pair ranks #237,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raquette vs roquettes
Shared letters: eqrtu. Private to "raquette": a. Private to "roquettes": os.
"raquette" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "roquettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "raquette" and "roquettes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "raquette" or "roquettes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "raquette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roquettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raquette" and "roquettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rockets vs roquettes". 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 #237,737 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.