Which to use
“héroïque” and “héroïques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,811
- “héroïque” frequency rank
- #27,840
- “héroïques” frequency rank
- 41651
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | héroïque | héroïques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui appartient à un héros ou à une héroïne. | Pluriel de héroïque. |
Same sound, different letters: héroïque vs héroïques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. héroïque runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against héroïques's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: héroïque vs héroïques
This is the hard kind. héroïque and héroïques are pronounced identically (\e.ʁɔ.ik\) 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) - “héroïque” sits inside “héroïques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
héroïque is recorded at frequency rank #13,811, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.ʁɔ.ik\. héroïques is at rank #27,840, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.ʁɔ.ik\.
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 41651, this pair ranks #231,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of héroïque vs héroïques
Shared letters: ehoqruéï. Private to "héroïque": -. Private to "héroïques": s.
"héroïque" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "héroïques" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "héroïque" and "héroïques" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "héroïque" or "héroïques" show up more?
After this comparison
"héroïque" and "héroïques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "héroïque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "héroïques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "héroïque" and "héroïques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "héroïnes vs héroïques". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #231,503 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.