Which to use
“attaches” and “attaques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,122
- “attaches” frequency rank
- #2,756
- “attaques” frequency rank
- 20878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attaches | attaques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de attache. | Pluriel de attaque. |
Where the eye mixes attaches and attaques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. attaches (VCCVCCVC) and attaques (VCCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses attaches with attaques
A purely visual mix-up. attaches (\a.taʃ\) and attaques (\a.tak\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attaches is recorded at frequency rank #18,122, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.taʃ\. attaques is at rank #2,756, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.tak\.
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 20878, this pair ranks #366,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of attaches vs attaques
Shared letters: aest. Private to "attaches": ch. Private to "attaques": qu.
"attaches" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "attaques" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "attaches" and "attaques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "attaches" or "attaques" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "attaches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attaques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #366,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attaches" and "attaques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apaches vs attaches". 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 #366,014 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.