biologiquevsbiologiquesConfusable pair

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

#5,316
“biologique” frequency rank
#8,661
“biologiques” frequency rank
13977
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature biologique biologiques
Definition Relatif à la biologie. Pluriel de biologique.

Same sound, different letters: biologique vs biologiques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. biologique runs 10 letters (CVVCVCVCVV) against biologiques's 11 (CVVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
biologique
11 ch
biologiques

Homophone desk: biologique vs biologiques

This is the hard kind. biologique and biologiques are pronounced identically (\bjɔ.lɔ.ʒik\) 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) - “biologique” sits inside “biologiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13977, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

biologique is recorded at frequency rank #5,316, classified as anadj, pronounced \bjɔ.lɔ.ʒik\. biologiques is at rank #8,661, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bjɔ.lɔ.ʒik\.

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 13977, this pair ranks #398,729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of biologique vs biologiques

Shared letters: begiloqu. Private to "biologique": -. Private to "biologiques": s.

"biologique" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVV  ·  "biologiques" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • biologique ← bbiologique · biloogique · biolgoique · biollogique · biologgique · biologiqeu · biologiqque · biologiuqe
  • biologiques ← bbiologiques · biloogiques · biolgoiques · biollogiques · biologgiques · biologiqeus · biologiqques · biologiquess

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "biologique" and "biologiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\bjɔ.lɔ.ʒik\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "biologique" vs "biologiques" - which ranks higher?
"biologique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,316 in our French list, against #8,661 for "biologiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"biologique" and "biologiques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "biologique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "biologiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #398,729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "biologique" and "biologiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "biologiques vs biologistes". 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 #398,729 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