Which to use
“canonique” and “canoniques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,946
- “canonique” frequency rank
- #44,352
- “canoniques” frequency rank
- 65298
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | canonique | canoniques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est selon les canons de la doctrine religieuse, qui est contenu dans le canon de cette doctrine. | Pluriel de canonique. |
Same sound, different letters: canonique vs canoniques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. canonique runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against canoniques's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - canonique / canoniques
This is the hard kind. canonique and canoniques are pronounced identically (\ka.nɔ.nik\) 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) - “canonique” sits inside “canoniques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
canonique is recorded at frequency rank #20,946, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.nɔ.nik\. canoniques is at rank #44,352, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ka.nɔ.nik\.
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 65298, this pair ranks #72,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of canonique vs canoniques
Shared letters: aceinoqu. Private to "canonique": -. Private to "canoniques": s.
"canonique" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "canoniques" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- canonique ← acnonique · cannoique · cannonique · canoinque · canoniqeu · canoniqque · canoniuqe · canonnique
- canoniques ← acnoniques · cannoiques · cannoniques · canoinques · canoniqeus · canoniqques · canoniquess · canoniquse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "canonique" for "canoniques" ever safe?
Which is more common, "canonique" or "canoniques"?
What to do next
"canonique" and "canoniques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "canonique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "canoniques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "canonique" and "canoniques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "canoniques vs coniques". 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 #72,993 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.