géographiquevsgéographiquesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#5,139
“géographique” frequency rank
#10,334
“géographiques” frequency rank
15473
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature géographique géographiques
Definition Relatif à la géographie. Pluriel de géographique.

Same sound, different letters: géographique vs géographiques

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

12 ch
géographique
13 ch
géographiques

Homophone desk: géographique vs géographiques

This is the hard kind. géographique and géographiques are pronounced identically (\ʒe.ɔ.ɡʁa.fik\) 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) - “géographique” sits inside “géographiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15473, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

géographique is recorded at frequency rank #5,139, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʒe.ɔ.ɡʁa.fik\. géographiques is at rank #10,334, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʒe.ɔ.ɡʁa.fik\.

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 15473, this pair ranks #392,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of géographique vs géographiques

Shared letters: aeghiopqrué. Private to "géographique": -. Private to "géographiques": s.

"géographique" · 12 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVCVV  ·  "géographiques" · 13 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "géographique" and "géographiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʒe.ɔ.ɡʁa.fik\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "géographique" vs "géographiques" - which ranks higher?
"géographique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,139 in our French list, against #10,334 for "géographiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "géographique" / "géographiques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "géographique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "géographiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #392,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "géographique" and "géographiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "géographie vs géographique". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #392,215 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list