islamiquevsislamismeTell them apart

Quick tell: islamique is a adjective, islamisme is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#4,000
“islamique” frequency rank
#14,959
“islamisme” frequency rank
18959
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature islamique islamisme
Definition Relatif à l’islam. Islam.

Where the eye mixes islamique and islamisme

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
islamique
9 ch
islamisme

Look-alike desk: islamique vs islamisme

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: islamique is \is.la.mik\ while islamisme is \is.la.mism\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

islamique is recorded at frequency rank #4,000, classified as anadj, pronounced \is.la.mik\. islamisme is at rank #14,959, tagged as anoun, pronounced \is.la.mism\.

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 18959, this pair ranks #375,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of islamique vs islamisme

Shared letters: aeilms. Private to "islamique": qu. Private to "islamisme": -.

"islamique" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV  ·  "islamisme" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • islamiqueilsamique · isalmique · islaimque · islamiqeu · islamiqque · islamiuqe · islammique · islamqiue
  • islamismeilsamisme · isalmisme · islaimsme · islamimse · islamisem · islamismme · islamissme · islammisme

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "islamique" for "islamisme" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "islamique" is an adjective and "islamisme" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "islamique" vs "islamisme" - which ranks higher?
"islamique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,000 in our French list, against #14,959 for "islamisme". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "islamique" and "islamisme" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "islamique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "islamisme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #375,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "islamique" and "islamisme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "islamisme vs islamiste". 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 #375,726 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