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“charismatique” and “charismatiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,326
“charismatique” frequency rank
#43,837
“charismatiques” frequency rank
59163
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature charismatique charismatiques
Definition Qui est en rapport avec les charismes. Pluriel de charismatique.

Same sound, different letters: charismatique vs charismatiques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. charismatique runs 13 letters (CCVCVCCVCVCVV) against charismatiques's 14 (CCVCVCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
charismatique
14 ch
charismatiques

Homophone desk: charismatique vs charismatiques

This is the hard kind. charismatique and charismatiques are pronounced identically (\ka.ʁis.ma.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) - “charismatique” sits inside “charismatiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

charismatique is recorded at frequency rank #15,326, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.ʁis.ma.tik\. charismatiques is at rank #43,837, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ka.ʁis.ma.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 59163, this pair ranks #104,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of charismatique vs charismatiques

Shared letters: acehimqrstu. Private to "charismatique": -. Private to "charismatiques": -.

"charismatique" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCVCVV  ·  "charismatiques" · 14 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • charismatique ← cahrismatique · ccharismatique · chairsmatique · charimsatique · charisamtique · charismaitque · charismatiqeu · charismatiqque
  • charismatiques ← cahrismatiques · ccharismatiques · chairsmatiques · charimsatiques · charisamtiques · charismaitques · charismatiqeus · charismatiqques

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "charismatique" and "charismatiques" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ka.ʁis.ma.tik\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "charismatique" vs "charismatiques" - which ranks higher?
"charismatique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,326 in our French list, against #43,837 for "charismatiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "charismatique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "charismatiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,694 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 #104,694 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list