Which to use
“électrique” and “électriques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,893
- “électrique” frequency rank
- #3,725
- “électriques” frequency rank
- 5618
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | électrique | électriques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se rapporte à l’électricité ; qui utilise l’énergie électrique. | Pluriel de électrique. |
Same sound, different letters: électrique vs électriques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. électrique runs 10 letters (VCVCCCVCVV) against électriques's 11 (VCVCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - électrique / électriques
This is the hard kind. électrique and électriques are pronounced identically (\e.lɛk.tʁik\) 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) - “électrique” sits inside “électriques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5618, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
électrique is recorded at frequency rank #1,893, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.lɛk.tʁik\. électriques is at rank #3,725, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.lɛk.tʁik\.
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 5618, this pair ranks #428,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of électrique vs électriques
Shared letters: ceilqrtué. Private to "électrique": -. Private to "électriques": s.
"électrique" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCCVCVV · "électriques" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "électrique" for "électriques" ever safe?
Frequency check: "électrique" vs "électriques" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"électrique" and "électriques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "électrique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "électriques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "électrique" and "électriques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éclectique vs électrique". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #428,514 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.