Which to use
“boutique” and “boutiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,384
- “boutique” frequency rank
- #6,471
- “boutiques” frequency rank
- 9855
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | boutique | boutiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Magasin, partie de façade du rez-de-chaussée d’une maison consacrée à un commerce de détail ou, à la fois, à la fabrication et à la vente. | Pluriel de boutique. |
Same sound, different letters: boutique vs boutiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: boutique vs boutiques
This is the hard kind. boutique and boutiques are pronounced identically (\bu.tik\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “boutique” sits inside “boutiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
boutique is recorded at frequency rank #3,384, classified as anoun, pronounced \bu.tik\. boutiques is at rank #6,471, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bu.tik\.
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 9855, this pair ranks #415,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of boutique vs boutiques
Shared letters: beioqtu. Private to "boutique": -. Private to "boutiques": s.
"boutique" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVV · "boutiques" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "boutique" and "boutiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "boutique" vs "boutiques" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "boutique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "boutiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "boutique" and "boutiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Baltique vs boutique". 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 #415,163 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.