Which to use
“Bloch” is a name and “bloques” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,495
- “Bloch” frequency rank
- #42,191
- “bloques” frequency rank
- 66686
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Bloch | bloques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille d'origine allemande. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bloquer. |
Same sound, different letters: Bloch vs bloques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. Bloch runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against bloques's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - Bloch and bloques
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: Bloch and bloques carry the same recorded pronunciation, \blɔk\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is aname, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Bloch is recorded at frequency rank #24,495, classified as aname, pronounced \blɔk\. bloques is at rank #42,191, tagged as averb, pronounced \blɔk\.
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 66686, this pair ranks #66,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Bloch vs bloques
Shared letters: blo. Private to "Bloch": ch. Private to "bloques": eqsu.
"Bloch" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "bloques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Bloch" for "bloques" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Bloch" vs "bloques" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "Bloch" / "bloques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "Bloch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bloques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Bloch" and "bloques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bloques vs braqués". 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 #66,731 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.