Which to use
“générique” and “génériques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,986
- “générique” frequency rank
- #15,896
- “génériques” frequency rank
- 21882
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | générique | génériques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif au genre. | Pluriel de générique. |
Same sound, different letters: générique vs génériques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. générique runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against génériques's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: générique vs génériques
This is the hard kind. générique and génériques are pronounced identically (\ʒe.ne.ʁik\) 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) - “générique” sits inside “génériques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21882, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
générique is recorded at frequency rank #5,986, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʒe.ne.ʁik\. génériques is at rank #15,896, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʒe.ne.ʁik\.
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 21882, this pair ranks #360,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of générique vs génériques
Shared letters: eginqrué. Private to "générique": -. Private to "génériques": s.
"générique" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "génériques" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "générique" and "génériques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "générique" or "génériques" show up more?
What to do next
"générique" and "génériques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "générique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "génériques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "générique" and "génériques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "générique vs génique". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #360,950 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.