Which to use
“bloque” is a verb and “brique” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,531
- “bloque” frequency rank
- #10,832
- “brique” frequency rank
- 18363
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bloque | brique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bloquer. | Bloc de pierre artificielle fabriqué avec de la terre argileuse pétrie, moulée, séchée, cuite, et dont on se sert comme matériau de construction. Elle peut être pleine, alvéolée ou creuse. |
Where the eye mixes bloque and brique
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses bloque with brique
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bloque is \blɔk\ while brique is \bʁik\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18363, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bloque is recorded at frequency rank #7,531, classified as averb, pronounced \blɔk\. brique is at rank #10,832, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁik\.
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 18363, this pair ranks #378,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bloque vs brique
Shared letters: bequ. Private to "bloque": lo. Private to "brique": ir.
"bloque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "brique" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bloque" and "brique" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "bloque" vs "brique" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "bloque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bloque" and "brique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "braqués vs brique". 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 #378,711 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.