Which to use
“économies” is a noun and “économiques” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,113
- “économies” frequency rank
- #1,645
- “économiques” frequency rank
- 5758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | économies | économiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de économie. | Pluriel de économique. |
Where the eye mixes économies and économiques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. économies runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVVC) against économiques's 11 (VCVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between économies and économiques
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: économies is \e.kɔ.nɔ.mi\ while économiques is \e.ko.no.mik\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
économies is recorded at frequency rank #4,113, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.kɔ.nɔ.mi\. économiques is at rank #1,645, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.ko.no.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 5758, this pair ranks #428,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of économies vs économiques
Shared letters: ceimnosé. Private to "économies": -. Private to "économiques": qu.
"économies" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "économiques" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "économies" and "économiques" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "économies" or "économiques"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "économies" and "économiques" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "économies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "économiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "économies" and "économiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "économes vs économies". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #428,146 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.