généalogique vs généalogiques

Which to use

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

#20,459
“généalogique” frequency rank: #41,816
“généalogiques” frequency rank: 62275
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	généalogique	généalogiques
Definition	Relatif à la généalogie.	Pluriel de généalogique.

Same sound, different letters: généalogique vs généalogiques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. généalogique runs 12 letters (CVCVVCVCVCVV) against généalogiques's 13 (CVCVVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch

généalogique

13 ch

généalogiques

Same sound, different spelling - généalogique / généalogiques

This is the hard kind. généalogique and généalogiques are pronounced identically (\ʒe.ne.a.lɔ.ʒik\) 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) - “généalogique” sits inside “généalogiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

généalogique is recorded at frequency rank #20,459, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʒe.ne.a.lɔ.ʒik\. généalogiques is at rank #41,816, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʒe.ne.a.lɔ.ʒik\.

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 62275, this pair ranks #87,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of généalogique vs généalogiques

Shared letters: aegilnoqué. Private to "généalogique": -. Private to "généalogiques": s.

"généalogique" · 12 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVV · "généalogiques" · 13 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "généalogique" for "généalogiques" ever safe?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ʒe.ne.a.lɔ.ʒik\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

In ordinary French text, does "généalogique" or "généalogiques" show up more?

"généalogique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,459 in our French list, against #41,816 for "généalogiques". 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 "généalogique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "généalogiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #87,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"généalogique" and "généalogiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "généalogie vs généalogique". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #87,950 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.