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

#43,979
“iconographique” frequency rank
#49,139
“iconographiques” frequency rank
93118
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature iconographique iconographiques
Definition Qui a rapport à l’iconographie. Pluriel de iconographique.

Where the eye mixes iconographique and iconographiques

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 14 letters in sequence. iconographique runs 14 letters (VCVCVCCVCCVCVV) against iconographiques's 15 (VCVCVCCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch
iconographique
15 ch
iconographiques

Visual trap between iconographique and iconographiques

A purely visual mix-up. iconographique (\i.ko.no.ɡʁa.fik\) and iconographiques (\i.kɔ.nɔ.ɡʁa.fik\) 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) - “iconographique” sits inside “iconographiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

iconographique is recorded at frequency rank #43,979, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.ko.no.ɡʁa.fik\. iconographiques is at rank #49,139, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.kɔ.nɔ.ɡʁa.fik\.

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 93118, this pair ranks #2,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of iconographique vs iconographiques

Shared letters: aceghinopqru. Private to "iconographique": -. Private to "iconographiques": s.

"iconographique" · 14 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCCVCVV  ·  "iconographiques" · 15 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • iconographique ← cionographique · icconographique · icnoographique · icongoraphique · iconnographique · iconogarphique · iconoggraphique · iconograhpique
  • iconographiques ← cionographiques · icconographiques · icnoographiques · icongoraphiques · iconnographiques · iconogarphiques · iconoggraphiques · iconograhpiques

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "iconographique" and "iconographiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\i.ko.no.ɡʁa.fik\ versus \i.kɔ.nɔ.ɡʁa.fik\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "iconographique" or "iconographiques" show up more?
"iconographique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,979 in our French list, against #49,139 for "iconographiques". 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 "iconographique" and "iconographiques" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "iconographique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "iconographiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "iconographique" and "iconographiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "iconographie vs iconographique". 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 #2,504 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