Which to use
“aquatique” and “aquatiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,964
- “aquatique” frequency rank
- #15,566
- “aquatiques” frequency rank
- 29530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aquatique | aquatiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui croît et se nourrit dans l’eau. | Pluriel de aquatique. |
Same sound, different letters: aquatique vs aquatiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. aquatique runs 9 letters (VCVVCVCVV) against aquatiques's 10 (VCVVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: aquatique vs aquatiques
This is the hard kind. aquatique and aquatiques are pronounced identically (\a.kwa.tik\) 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) - “aquatique” sits inside “aquatiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aquatique is recorded at frequency rank #13,964, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.kwa.tik\. aquatiques is at rank #15,566, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.kwa.tik\.
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 29530, this pair ranks #316,095 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aquatique vs aquatiques
Shared letters: aeiqtu. Private to "aquatique": -. Private to "aquatiques": s.
"aquatique" · 9 letters · shape VCVVCVCVV · "aquatiques" · 10 letters · shape VCVVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aquatique ← aqautique · aqquatique · aquaitque · aquatiqeu · aquatiqque · aquatiuqe · aquatqiue · aquattique
- aquatiques ← aqautiques · aqquatiques · aquaitques · aquatiqeus · aquatiqques · aquatiquess · aquatiquse · aquatiuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aquatique" and "aquatiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "aquatique" vs "aquatiques" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"aquatique" and "aquatiques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "aquatique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aquatiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #316,095 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aquatique" and "aquatiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aquatiques vs asiatiques". 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 #316,095 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.