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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
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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.