informatiquevsinformatiquesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: informatique is a noun, informatiques is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“informatique” is a noun and “informatiques” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,180
“informatique” frequency rank
#8,115
“informatiques” frequency rank
10295
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature informatique informatiques
Definition Science du traitement automatique de l’information. Pluriel de informatique.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set informatique and informatiques apart are highlighted. They share 12 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

12 ch
informatique
13 ch
informatiques

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: informatique and informatiques carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.tik\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “informatique” sits inside “informatiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

informatique is recorded at frequency rank #2,180, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.tik\. informatiques is at rank #8,115, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.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 10295, this pair ranks #413,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of informatique vs informatiques

Shared letters: aefimnoqrtu. Private to "informatique": -. Private to "informatiques": s.

"informatique" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVV  ·  "informatiques" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • informatiqueifnormatique · infformatique · infomratique · inforamtique · informaitque · informatiqeu · informatiqque · informatiuqe
  • informatiquesifnormatiques · infformatiques · infomratiques · inforamtiques · informaitques · informatiqeus · informatiqques · informatiquess

Frequency comparison

informatique#2,180
informatiques#8,115

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "informatique" and "informatiques" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "informatique" is a noun and "informatiques" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "informatique" or "informatiques"?
"informatique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,180 in our French list, against #8,115 for "informatiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering informatique vs informatiques

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “informatique”; for an adjective, it's “informatiques”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “informatique” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list