Which to use
“taquet” and “traqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,763
- “taquet” frequency rank
- #47,079
- “traqués” frequency rank
- 78842
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taquet | traqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite butée dans un mécanisme. | Pluriel de traqué. |
Where the eye mixes taquet and traqués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. taquet runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against traqués's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses taquet with traqués
A purely visual mix-up. taquet (\ta.kɛ\) and traqués (\tʁa.ke\) 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 78842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taquet is recorded at frequency rank #31,763, classified as anoun, pronounced \ta.kɛ\. traqués is at rank #47,079, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.ke\.
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 78842, this pair ranks #24,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of taquet vs traqués
Shared letters: aqtu. Private to "taquet": e. Private to "traqués": rsé.
"taquet" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "traqués" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- taquet ← atquet · taqeut · taqquet · taquett · taqute · tauqet · tqauet · ttaquet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "taquet" and "traqués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "taquet" or "traqués"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "taquet" and "traqués" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "taquet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "traqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taquet" and "traqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traqués vs trique". 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 #24,749 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.