Which to use
“raquettes” and “requêtes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,768
- “raquettes” frequency rank
- #11,291
- “requêtes” frequency rank
- 42059
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raquettes | requêtes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de raquette. | Pluriel de requête. |
Where the eye mixes raquettes and requêtes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. raquettes runs 9 letters (CVCVVCCVC) against requêtes's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: raquettes vs requêtes
A purely visual mix-up. raquettes (\ʁa.kɛt\) and requêtes (\ʁə.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 42059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raquettes is recorded at frequency rank #30,768, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.kɛt\. requêtes is at rank #11,291, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.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 42059, this pair ranks #228,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raquettes vs requêtes
Shared letters: eqrstu. Private to "raquettes": a. Private to "requêtes": ê.
"raquettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "requêtes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- raquettes ← arquettes · raqeuttes · raqquettes · raquetes · raquetets · raquettess · raquettse · raqutetes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "raquettes" for "requêtes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "raquettes" or "requêtes"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "raquettes" and "requêtes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "raquettes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "requêtes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raquettes" and "requêtes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racket vs raquettes". 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 #228,521 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.