Which to use
“celtique” and “celtiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,474
- “celtique” frequency rank
- #34,460
- “celtiques” frequency rank
- 53934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | celtique | celtiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui appartient, qui est relatif aux Celtes, à leurs traditions, à leur langue, le celte. | Pluriel de celtique. |
Same sound, different letters: celtique vs celtiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. celtique runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against celtiques's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: celtique vs celtiques
This is the hard kind. celtique and celtiques are pronounced identically (\sɛl.tik\) 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) - “celtique” sits inside “celtiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
celtique is recorded at frequency rank #19,474, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɛl.tik\. celtiques is at rank #34,460, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɛl.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 53934, this pair ranks #137,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of celtique vs celtiques
Shared letters: ceilqtu. Private to "celtique": -. Private to "celtiques": s.
"celtique" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "celtiques" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "celtique" for "celtiques" ever safe?
Frequency check: "celtique" vs "celtiques" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "celtique" / "celtiques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "celtique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "celtiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "celtique" and "celtiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "celtiques vs critiqués". 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 #137,462 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.