Which to use
“requêtes” and “roquettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,291
- “requêtes” frequency rank
- #20,553
- “roquettes” frequency rank
- 31844
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | requêtes | roquettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de requête. | Pluriel de roquette. |
Where the eye mixes requêtes and roquettes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. requêtes runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVC) against roquettes's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: requêtes vs roquettes
A purely visual mix-up. requêtes (\ʁə.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 31844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
requêtes is recorded at frequency rank #11,291, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.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 31844, this pair ranks #301,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of requêtes vs roquettes
Shared letters: eqrstu. Private to "requêtes": ê. Private to "roquettes": o.
"requêtes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "roquettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- roquettes ← orquettes · roqeuttes · roqquettes · roquetes · roquetets · roquettess · roquettse · roqutetes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "requêtes" and "roquettes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "requêtes" or "roquettes"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "requêtes" 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 #301,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "requêtes" 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 #301,199 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.