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Which to use

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

#15,402
“homologue” frequency rank
#47,941
“homologués” frequency rank
63343
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature homologue homologués
Definition Qui, dans des figures rectilignes semblables, se correspond et est opposé à des angles égaux en parlant de chacun des côtés de ces figures. Masculin pluriel de homologué.

Where the eye mixes homologue and homologués

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. homologue runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against homologués's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
homologue
10 ch
homologués

Why the eye confuses homologue with homologués

A purely visual mix-up. homologue (\ɔ.mɔ.lɔɡ\) and homologués (^((h muet))\ɔ.mɔ.lɔ.ɡe\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

homologue is recorded at frequency rank #15,402, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔ.mɔ.lɔɡ\. homologués is at rank #47,941, tagged as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔ.mɔ.lɔ.ɡe\.

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 63343, this pair ranks #82,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of homologue vs homologués

Shared letters: ghlmou. Private to "homologue": e. Private to "homologués": sé.

"homologue" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV  ·  "homologués" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • homologue ← hhomologue · hmoologue · homloogue · hommologue · homolgoue · homollogue · homologeu · homologgue

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "homologue" for "homologués" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɔ.mɔ.lɔɡ\ versus ^((h muet))\ɔ.mɔ.lɔ.ɡe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "homologue" vs "homologués" - which ranks higher?
"homologue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,402 in our French list, against #47,941 for "homologués". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "homologue" and "homologués" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "homologue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "homologués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #82,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "homologue" and "homologués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "homologuée vs homologués". 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 #82,432 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