Which to use
“lithographie” and “lithographies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,936
- “lithographie” frequency rank
- #47,429
- “lithographies” frequency rank
- 84365
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lithographie | lithographies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Procédé par lequel on obtient sur du papier, au moyen de la presse, l’empreinte de ce qui a été dessiné ou écrit, sur une pierre d’une espèce particulière, avec un crayon ou avec une encre d’une certaine composition. | Pluriel de lithographie. |
Same sound, different letters: lithographie vs lithographies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. lithographie runs 12 letters (CVCCVCCVCCVV) against lithographies's 13 (CVCCVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: lithographie vs lithographies
This is the hard kind. lithographie and lithographies are pronounced identically (\li.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “lithographie” sits inside “lithographies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lithographie is recorded at frequency rank #36,936, classified as anoun, pronounced \li.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. lithographies is at rank #47,429, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi\.
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 84365, this pair ranks #13,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lithographie vs lithographies
Shared letters: aeghiloprt. Private to "lithographie": -. Private to "lithographies": s.
"lithographie" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVV · "lithographies" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lithographie ← ilthographie · lihtographie · lithgoraphie · lithhographie · lithogarphie · lithoggraphie · lithograhpie · lithographei
- lithographies ← ilthographies · lihtographies · lithgoraphies · lithhographies · lithogarphies · lithoggraphies · lithograhpies · lithographeis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lithographie" and "lithographies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lithographie" vs "lithographies" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "lithographie" / "lithographies". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "lithographie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lithographies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #13,132 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.