Which to use
“raquettes” and “roquettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,768
- “raquettes” frequency rank
- #20,553
- “roquettes” frequency rank
- 51321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raquettes | roquettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de raquette. | Pluriel de roquette. |
Where the eye mixes raquettes and roquettes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. raquettes and roquettes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses raquettes with roquettes
A purely visual mix-up. raquettes (\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 a single letter - a in “raquettes” becomes o in “roquettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51321, 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\. 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 51321, this pair ranks #155,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raquettes vs roquettes
Shared letters: eqrstu. Private to "raquettes": a. Private to "roquettes": o.
"raquettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "roquettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "raquettes" and "roquettes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "raquettes" vs "roquettes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "raquettes" 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 #155,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raquettes" 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 #155,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.