biographiquevsbiographiquesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#22,180
“biographique” frequency rank
#31,369
“biographiques” frequency rank
53549
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature biographique biographiques
Definition Qui est relatif à la biographie ou à la vie d’une personne. Pluriel de biographique.

Same sound, different letters: biographique vs biographiques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.

12 ch
biographique
13 ch
biographiques

Ear matches; page differs - biographique and biographiques

This is the hard kind. biographique and biographiques are pronounced identically (\bjɔ.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) - “biographique” sits inside “biographiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

biographique is recorded at frequency rank #22,180, classified as anadj, pronounced \bjɔ.ɡʁa.fik\. biographiques is at rank #31,369, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bjɔ.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 53549, this pair ranks #139,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of biographique vs biographiques

Shared letters: abeghiopqru. Private to "biographique": -. Private to "biographiques": s.

"biographique" · 12 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVCVV  ·  "biographiques" · 13 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • biographiquebbiographique · bigoraphique · biogarphique · bioggraphique · biograhpique · biographhique · biographiqeu · biographiqque
  • biographiquesbbiographiques · bigoraphiques · biogarphiques · bioggraphiques · biograhpiques · biographhiques · biographiqeus · biographiqques

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "biographique" and "biographiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\bjɔ.ɡʁa.fik\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "biographique" vs "biographiques" - which ranks higher?
"biographique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,180 in our French list, against #31,369 for "biographiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "biographique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "biographiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #139,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "biographique" and "biographiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "biographies vs biographiques". 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 #139,977 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