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

#34,894
“Biotechnologie” frequency rank
#34,895
“biotechnologies” frequency rank
69789
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Biotechnologie biotechnologies
Definition Biotechnologie. Pluriel de biotechnologie.

Letter map: Biotechnologie vs biotechnologies

Shared letters muted; letters that set Biotechnologie and biotechnologies apart highlighted. Shared run: 14. Biotechnologie runs 14 letters (CVVCVCCCVCVCVV) against biotechnologies's 15 (CVVCVCCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch
Biotechnologie
15 ch
biotechnologies

Pair insight - Biotechnologie / biotechnologies

Biotechnologie and biotechnologies are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Biotechnologie” sits inside “biotechnologies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Biotechnologie is recorded at frequency rank #34,894, classified as anoun. biotechnologies is at rank #34,895, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bjɔ.tɛk.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\.

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 69789, this pair ranks #53,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Biotechnologie vs biotechnologies

Shared letters: bceghilnot. Private to "Biotechnologie": -. Private to "biotechnologies": s.

"Biotechnologie" · 14 letters · shape CVVCVCCCVCVCVV  ·  "biotechnologies" · 15 letters · shape CVVCVCCCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Biotechnologie ← bbiotechnologie · bioetchnologie · biotcehnologie · biotecchnologie · biotechhnologie · biotechnloogie · biotechnnologie · biotechnolgoie
  • biotechnologies ← bbiotechnologies · bioetchnologies · biotcehnologies · biotecchnologies · biotechhnologies · biotechnloogies · biotechnnologies · biotechnolgoies

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Biotechnologie" and "biotechnologies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Biotechnologie” sits inside “biotechnologies”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Biotechnologie" vs "biotechnologies" - which ranks higher?
"Biotechnologie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,894 in our French list, against #34,895 for "biotechnologies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Biotechnologie" and "biotechnologies". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Biotechnologie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "biotechnologies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #53,817 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