Which to use
“chèques” is a noun and “choque” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,841
- “chèques” frequency rank
- #7,667
- “choque” frequency rank
- 18508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chèques | choque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de chèque. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de choquer. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set chèques and choque 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: chèques is \ʃɛk\ while choque is \ʃɔk\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chèques is recorded at frequency rank #10,841, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛk\. choque is at rank #7,667, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃɔk\.
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 18508, this pair ranks #377,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chèques vs choque
Shared letters: cehqu. Private to "chèques": sè. Private to "choque": o.
"chèques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "choque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- choque ← cchoque · chhoque · choqeu · choqque · chouqe · chqoue · cohque · hcoque