Which to use
“géologique” and “géologiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,398
- “géologique” frequency rank
- #19,308
- “géologiques” frequency rank
- 32706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | géologique | géologiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui concerne la géologie. | Pluriel de géologique. |
Same sound, different letters: géologique vs géologiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. géologique runs 10 letters (CVVCVCVCVV) against géologiques's 11 (CVVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - géologique / géologiques
This is the hard kind. géologique and géologiques are pronounced identically (\ʒe.ɔ.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) - “géologique” sits inside “géologiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
géologique is recorded at frequency rank #13,398, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʒe.ɔ.lɔ.ʒik\. géologiques is at rank #19,308, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʒe.ɔ.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 32706, this pair ranks #295,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of géologique vs géologiques
Shared letters: egiloqué. Private to "géologique": -. Private to "géologiques": s.
"géologique" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVV · "géologiques" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "géologique" and "géologiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "géologique" or "géologiques"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "géologique" / "géologiques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "géologique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "géologiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #295,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "géologique" and "géologiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "géologiques vs géologues". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #295,477 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.