Which to use
“identique” and “identiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,946
- “identique” frequency rank
- #7,194
- “identiques” frequency rank
- 12140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | identique | identiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Propriété de plusieurs objets distincts d'être semblables. | Pluriel de identique. |
Same sound, different letters: identique vs identiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. identique runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCVV) against identiques's 10 (VCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - identique / identiques
This is the hard kind. identique and identiques are pronounced identically (\i.dɑ̃.tik\) 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) - “identique” sits inside “identiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
identique is recorded at frequency rank #4,946, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.dɑ̃.tik\. identiques is at rank #7,194, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.dɑ̃.tik\.
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 12140, this pair ranks #406,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of identique vs identiques
Shared letters: deinqtu. Private to "identique": -. Private to "identiques": s.
"identique" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVV · "identiques" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- identique ← dientique · iddentique · idenitque · idenntique · identiqeu · identiqque · identiuqe · identqiue
- identiques ← dientiques · iddentiques · idenitques · idenntiques · identiqeus · identiqques · identiquess · identiquse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "identique" and "identiques" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "identique" or "identiques"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "identique" / "identiques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "identique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "identiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "identique" and "identiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "identiques vs identités". 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 #406,429 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.