Which to use
“cyclique” and “cycliques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,319
- “cyclique” frequency rank
- #40,204
- “cycliques” frequency rank
- 66523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cyclique | cycliques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui suit un cycle, qui se reproduit à intervalles réguliers. | Pluriel de cyclique. |
Same sound, different letters: cyclique vs cycliques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. cyclique runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against cycliques's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cyclique vs cycliques
This is the hard kind. cyclique and cycliques are pronounced identically (\si.klik\) 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) - “cyclique” sits inside “cycliques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66523, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cyclique is recorded at frequency rank #26,319, classified as anadj, pronounced \si.klik\. cycliques is at rank #40,204, tagged as anadj, pronounced \si.klik\.
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 66523, this pair ranks #67,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cyclique vs cycliques
Shared letters: ceilquy. Private to "cyclique": -. Private to "cycliques": s.
"cyclique" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "cycliques" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cyclique" for "cycliques" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cyclique" or "cycliques"?
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 "cyclique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cycliques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cyclique" and "cycliques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cycliques vs cyniques". 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 #67,455 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.