Which to use
“flaque” and “flaques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,437
- “flaque” frequency rank
- #40,273
- “flaques” frequency rank
- 67710
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flaque | flaques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite étendue d’un liquide accumulé sur une surface plane ou qui n’est pas parfaitement nivelée. | Pluriel de flaque. |
Same sound, different letters: flaque vs flaques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - flaque / flaques
This is the hard kind. flaque and flaques are pronounced identically (\flak\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “flaque” sits inside “flaques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flaque is recorded at frequency rank #27,437, classified as anoun, pronounced \flak\. flaques is at rank #40,273, tagged as anoun, pronounced \flak\.
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 67710, this pair ranks #62,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of flaque vs flaques
Shared letters: aeflqu. Private to "flaque": -. Private to "flaques": s.
"flaque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "flaques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "flaque" / "flaques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "flaque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flaques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flaque" and "flaques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flanquée vs flaques". 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 #62,217 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.