Which to use
“fresque” and “fresques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,388
- “fresque” frequency rank
- #19,548
- “fresques” frequency rank
- 34936
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fresque | fresques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manière de peindre avec des couleurs détrempées dans l’eau sur un mur, une surface de maçonnerie spécialement préparée à cet effet. | Pluriel de fresque. |
Same sound, different letters: fresque vs fresques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - fresque and fresques
This is the hard kind. fresque and fresques are pronounced identically (\fʁɛsk\) 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) - “fresque” sits inside “fresques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34936, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fresque is recorded at frequency rank #15,388, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁɛsk\. fresques is at rank #19,548, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁɛsk\.
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 34936, this pair ranks #280,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fresque vs fresques
Shared letters: efqrsu. Private to "fresque": -. Private to "fresques": -.
"fresque" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "fresques" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fresque" and "fresques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fresque" or "fresques"?
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 "fresque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fresques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fresque" and "fresques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Franque vs fresque". 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 #280,342 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.