Which to use
“allergique” and “allergiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,408
- “allergique” frequency rank
- #27,686
- “allergiques” frequency rank
- 42094
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allergique | allergiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dit d’une personne dont le système immunitaire réagit de façon plutôt vive à la présence d’un corps étranger. | Pluriel de allergique. |
Same sound, different letters: allergique vs allergiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. allergique runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCVV) against allergiques's 11 (VCCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - allergique and allergiques
This is the hard kind. allergique and allergiques are pronounced identically (\a.lɛʁ.ʒik\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “allergique” sits inside “allergiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allergique is recorded at frequency rank #14,408, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.lɛʁ.ʒik\. allergiques is at rank #27,686, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.lɛʁ.ʒik\.
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 42094, this pair ranks #228,265 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of allergique vs allergiques
Shared letters: aegilqru. Private to "allergique": -. Private to "allergiques": s.
"allergique" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV · "allergiques" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- allergique ← alelrgique · alergique · allegrique · allerggique · allergiqeu · allergiqque · allergiuqe · allergqiue
- allergiques ← alelrgiques · alergiques · allegriques · allerggiques · allergiqeus · allergiqques · allergiquess · allergiquse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "allergique" for "allergiques" ever safe?
Frequency check: "allergique" vs "allergiques" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "allergique" / "allergiques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "allergique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allergiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,265 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allergique" and "allergiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allergies vs allergiques". 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 #228,265 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.