Which to use
“catastrophique” and “catastrophiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,792
- “catastrophique” frequency rank
- #23,133
- “catastrophiques” frequency rank
- 32925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | catastrophique | catastrophiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a des effets comparables à ceux d’une catastrophe. | Pluriel de catastrophique. |
Same sound, different letters: catastrophique vs catastrophiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. catastrophique runs 14 letters (CVCVCCCVCCVCVV) against catastrophiques's 15 (CVCVCCCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - catastrophique and catastrophiques
This is the hard kind. catastrophique and catastrophiques are pronounced identically (\ka.tas.tʁɔ.fik\) 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) - “catastrophique” sits inside “catastrophiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
catastrophique is recorded at frequency rank #9,792, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.tas.tʁɔ.fik\. catastrophiques is at rank #23,133, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ka.tas.tʁɔ.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 32925, this pair ranks #294,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of catastrophique vs catastrophiques
Shared letters: acehiopqrstu. Private to "catastrophique": -. Private to "catastrophiques": -.
"catastrophique" · 14 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCCVCVV · "catastrophiques" · 15 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- catastrophique ← actastrophique · caatstrophique · catasrtophique · catasstrophique · catastorphique · catastrohpique · catastrophhique · catastrophiqeu
- catastrophiques ← actastrophiques · caatstrophiques · catasrtophiques · catasstrophiques · catastorphiques · catastrohpiques · catastrophhiques · catastrophiqeus
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "catastrophique" and "catastrophiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "catastrophique" or "catastrophiques"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "catastrophique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "catastrophiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #294,048 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.