Which to use
“cartographie” is a noun and “cartographique” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,536
- “cartographie” frequency rank
- #43,326
- “cartographique” frequency rank
- 56862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cartographie | cartographique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Art de dresser les cartes de géographie. | Relatif aux cartes de géographie, à la cartographie. |
Where the eye mixes cartographie and cartographique
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. cartographie runs 12 letters (CVCCVCCVCCVV) against cartographique's 14 (CVCCVCCVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cartographie vs cartographique
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cartographie is \kaʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi\ while cartographique is \kaʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fik\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cartographie is recorded at frequency rank #13,536, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. cartographique is at rank #43,326, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kaʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fik\.
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 56862, this pair ranks #118,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cartographie vs cartographique
Shared letters: aceghioprt. Private to "cartographie": -. Private to "cartographique": qu.
"cartographie" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVV · "cartographique" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cartographie ← acrtographie · carotgraphie · carrtographie · cartgoraphie · cartogarphie · cartoggraphie · cartograhpie · cartographei
- cartographique ← acrtographique · carotgraphique · carrtographique · cartgoraphique · cartogarphique · cartoggraphique · cartograhpique · cartographhique
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cartographie" for "cartographique" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cartographie" vs "cartographique" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cartographie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cartographique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #118,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cartographie" and "cartographique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cartographie vs cartographier". 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 #118,459 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.