Which to use
“hydroélectrique” and “hydroélectriques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,385
- “hydroélectrique” frequency rank
- #40,311
- “hydroélectriques” frequency rank
- 69696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hydroélectrique | hydroélectriques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui produit de l’électricité en convertissant l’énergie de l’eau en mouvement. | Pluriel de hydroélectrique. |
Same sound, different letters: hydroélectrique vs hydroélectriques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 15 letters. hydroélectrique runs 15 letters (CVCCVVCVCCCVCVV) against hydroélectriques's 16 (CVCCVVCVCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: hydroélectrique vs hydroélectriques
This is the hard kind. hydroélectrique and hydroélectriques are pronounced identically (\i.dʁo.e.lɛk.tʁik\) 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) - “hydroélectrique” sits inside “hydroélectriques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hydroélectrique is recorded at frequency rank #29,385, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.dʁo.e.lɛk.tʁik\. hydroélectriques is at rank #40,311, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.dʁo.e.lɛk.tʁik\.
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 69696, this pair ranks #54,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hydroélectrique vs hydroélectriques
Shared letters: cdehiloqrtuyé. Private to "hydroélectrique": -. Private to "hydroélectriques": s.
"hydroélectrique" · 15 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCCCVCVV · "hydroélectriques" · 16 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "hydroélectrique" vs "hydroélectriques" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "hydroélectrique" / "hydroélectriques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "hydroélectrique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hydroélectriques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #54,181 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.