Which to use
“banque” and “banques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,134
- “banque” frequency rank
- #2,659
- “banques” frequency rank
- 3793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banque | banques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Commerce de l'argent et du crédit qui consiste à recevoir des capitaux en compte courant avec ou sans intérêt ; à échanger des effets ou à les escompter avec des espèces, à des taux et moyennant des commissions variables ; à exécuter pour le compte de tiers toutes opérations de ce genre et à se charger de tous services financiers ; à créer et à émettre des lettres de change ; d’une façon générale, commercer de l’argent, ainsi que des titres et valeurs. | Pluriel de banque. |
Same sound, different letters: banque vs banques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - banque / banques
This is the hard kind. banque and banques are pronounced identically (\bɑ̃k\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “banque” sits inside “banques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banque is recorded at frequency rank #1,134, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɑ̃k\. banques is at rank #2,659, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɑ̃k\.
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 3793, this pair ranks #433,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of banque vs banques
Shared letters: abenqu. Private to "banque": -. Private to "banques": s.
"banque" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "banques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "banque" and "banques" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "banque" vs "banques" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"banque" and "banques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "banque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "banques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banque" and "banques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "banques vs banyuls". 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 #433,179 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.