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“bibliographique” and “bibliographiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,463
“bibliographique” frequency rank
#26,643
“bibliographiques” frequency rank
55106
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bibliographique bibliographiques
Definition Relatif à la bibliographie. Pluriel de bibliographique.

Same sound, different letters: bibliographique vs bibliographiques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 15 letters. bibliographique runs 15 letters (CVCCVVCCVCCVCVV) against bibliographiques's 16 (CVCCVVCCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

15 ch
bibliographique
16 ch
bibliographiques

Same sound, different spelling - bibliographique / bibliographiques

This is the hard kind. bibliographique and bibliographiques are pronounced identically (\bi.bli.jɔ.ɡʁa.fik\) 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) - “bibliographique” sits inside “bibliographiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bibliographique is recorded at frequency rank #28,463, classified as anadj, pronounced \bi.bli.jɔ.ɡʁa.fik\. bibliographiques is at rank #26,643, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bi.bli.jɔ.ɡʁa.fik\.

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 55106, this pair ranks #129,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bibliographique vs bibliographiques

Shared letters: abeghilopqru. Private to "bibliographique": -. Private to "bibliographiques": s.

"bibliographique" · 15 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCCVCVV  ·  "bibliographiques" · 16 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bibliographique ← bbibliographique · bbiliographique · bibbliographique · bibilographique · bibligoraphique · bibliogarphique · biblioggraphique · bibliograhpique
  • bibliographiques ← bbibliographiques · bbiliographiques · bibbliographiques · bibilographiques · bibligoraphiques · bibliogarphiques · biblioggraphiques · bibliograhpiques

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bibliographique" for "bibliographiques" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\bi.bli.jɔ.ɡʁa.fik\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "bibliographique" or "bibliographiques"?
"bibliographiques" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,643 in our French list, against #28,463 for "bibliographique". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "bibliographique" / "bibliographiques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bibliographique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bibliographiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #129,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bibliographique" and "bibliographiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bibliographie vs bibliographique". 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 #129,639 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list