démographiquevsdémographiquesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#8,232
“démographique” frequency rank
#17,414
“démographiques” frequency rank
25646
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature démographique démographiques
Definition Relatif à la démographie. Pluriel de démographique.

Same sound, different letters: démographique vs démographiques

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

13 ch
démographique
14 ch
démographiques

Homophone desk: démographique vs démographiques

This is the hard kind. démographique and démographiques are pronounced identically (\de.mɔ.ɡʁa.fik\) 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) - “démographique” sits inside “démographiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25646, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

démographique is recorded at frequency rank #8,232, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.mɔ.ɡʁa.fik\. démographiques is at rank #17,414, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.mɔ.ɡʁa.fik\.

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 25646, this pair ranks #339,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of démographique vs démographiques

Shared letters: adeghimopqrué. Private to "démographique": -. Private to "démographiques": s.

"démographique" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCVV  ·  "démographiques" · 14 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "démographique" for "démographiques" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\de.mɔ.ɡʁa.fik\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "démographique" or "démographiques"?
"démographique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,232 in our French list, against #17,414 for "démographiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "démographique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "démographiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #339,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "démographique" and "démographiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démographie vs démographique". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #339,662 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