Which to use
“chaque” is an adjective and “chèques” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #210
- “chaque” frequency rank
- #10,841
- “chèques” frequency rank
- 11051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaque | chèques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déterminant distributif, qui se place toujours avant le nom et n’a pas de pluriel. Se dit d’une personne, d’une chose qui fait partie d’un tout, d’un ensemble. | Pluriel de chèque. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set chaque and chèques apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chaque is \ʃak\ while chèques is \ʃɛk\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaque is recorded at frequency rank #210, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃak\. chèques is at rank #10,841, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛk\.
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 11051, this pair ranks #410,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chaque vs chèques
Shared letters: cehqu. Private to "chaque": a. Private to "chèques": sè.
"chaque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "chèques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chaque ← cahque · cchaque · chaqeu · chaqque · chauqe · chhaque · chqaue · hcaque