comiquevscomiquesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: comique is a adjective, comiques is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comique” is an adjective and “comiques” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,173
“comique” frequency rank
#18,154
“comiques” frequency rank
24327
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comique comiques
Definition Qui a rapport à la comédie. Dessins animés à la télévision.

Same sound, different letters: comique vs comiques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
comique
8 ch
comiques

Same sound, different spelling - comique / comiques

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: comique and comiques carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ.mik\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “comique” sits inside “comiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24327, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comique is recorded at frequency rank #6,173, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.mik\. comiques is at rank #18,154, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mik\.

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 24327, this pair ranks #347,235 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comique vs comiques

Shared letters: ceimoqu. Private to "comique": -. Private to "comiques": s.

"comique" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "comiques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comiqueccomique · cmoique · coimque · comiqeu · comiqque · comiuqe · commique · comqiue
  • comiquesccomiques · cmoiques · coimques · comiqeus · comiqques · comiquess · comiquse · comiuqes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comique" and "comiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comique" is an adjective and "comiques" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "comique" or "comiques" show up more?
"comique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,173 in our French list, against #18,154 for "comiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"comique" and "comiques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #347,235 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comique" and "comiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comiques vs conques". 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 #347,235 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