Which to use
“Asiatique” is a noun and “asiatiques” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,050
- “Asiatique” frequency rank
- #6,368
- “asiatiques” frequency rank
- 12418
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Asiatique | asiatiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne habitant ou issue d’Asie. | Pluriel de asiatique. |
Same sound, different letters: Asiatique vs asiatiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. Asiatique runs 9 letters (VCVVCVCVV) against asiatiques's 10 (VCVVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - Asiatique / asiatiques
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: Asiatique and asiatiques carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.zja.tik\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Asiatique” sits inside “asiatiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Asiatique is recorded at frequency rank #6,050, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.zja.tik\. asiatiques is at rank #6,368, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.zja.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 12418, this pair ranks #405,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Asiatique vs asiatiques
Shared letters: aeiqstu. Private to "Asiatique": -. Private to "asiatiques": -.
"Asiatique" · 9 letters · shape VCVVCVCVV · "asiatiques" · 10 letters · shape VCVVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Asiatique ← aisatique · asaitique · asiaitque · asiatiqeu · asiatiqque · asiatiuqe · asiatqiue · asiattique
- asiatiques ← aisatiques · asaitiques · asiaitques · asiatiqeus · asiatiqques · asiatiquess · asiatiquse · asiatiuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Asiatique" for "asiatiques" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
"Asiatique" and "asiatiques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "Asiatique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "asiatiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Asiatique" and "asiatiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Adriatique vs Asiatique". 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 #405,352 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.