Which to use
“hippique” and “hippiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,363
- “hippique” frequency rank
- #41,825
- “hippiques” frequency rank
- 79188
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hippique | hippiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif au cheval, à l’équitation ou à l’hippologie. | Pluriel de hippique. |
Where the eye mixes hippique and hippiques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: hippique vs hippiques
A purely visual mix-up. hippique (^((h muet))\i.pik\) and hippiques (\i.pik\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hippique” sits inside “hippiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hippique is recorded at frequency rank #37,363, classified as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\i.pik\. hippiques is at rank #41,825, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.pik\.
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 79188, this pair ranks #23,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hippique vs hippiques
Shared letters: ehipqu. Private to "hippique": -. Private to "hippiques": s.
"hippique" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "hippiques" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hippique" for "hippiques" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hippique" or "hippiques"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "hippique" and "hippiques" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hippique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hippiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hippique" and "hippiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hippies vs hippiques". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #23,904 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.