Which to use
“ironique” and “ironiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,728
- “ironique” frequency rank
- #42,411
- “ironiques” frequency rank
- 53139
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ironique | ironiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Où il y a de l’ironie. | Pluriel de ironique. |
Same sound, different letters: ironique vs ironiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. ironique runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVV) against ironiques's 9 (VCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - ironique / ironiques
This is the hard kind. ironique and ironiques are pronounced identically (\i.ʁɔ.nik\) 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) - “ironique” sits inside “ironiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53139, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ironique is recorded at frequency rank #10,728, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.ʁɔ.nik\. ironiques is at rank #42,411, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.ʁɔ.nik\.
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 53139, this pair ranks #142,791 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ironique vs ironiques
Shared letters: einoqru. Private to "ironique": -. Private to "ironiques": s.
"ironique" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "ironiques" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ironique" and "ironiques" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "ironique" or "ironiques"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ironique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ironiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #142,791 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ironique" and "ironiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "iconique vs ironiques". 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 #142,791 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.