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“logiques” and “lyriques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,413
“logiques” frequency rank
#25,390
“lyriques” frequency rank
37803
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature logiques lyriques
Definition Pluriel de logique. Pluriel de lyrique.

Where the eye mixes logiques and lyriques

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. logiques and lyriques follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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logiques
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lyriques

Look-alike desk: logiques vs lyriques

A purely visual mix-up. logiques (\lɔ.ʒik\) and lyriques (\li.ʁik\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37803, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

logiques is recorded at frequency rank #12,413, classified as anadj, pronounced \lɔ.ʒik\. lyriques is at rank #25,390, tagged as anadj, pronounced \li.ʁik\.

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 37803, this pair ranks #259,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of logiques vs lyriques

Shared letters: eilqsu. Private to "logiques": go. Private to "lyriques": ry.

"logiques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "lyriques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • logiques ← lgoiques · llogiques · loggiques · logiqeus · logiqques · logiquess · logiquse · logiuqes
  • lyriques ← llyriques · lryiques · lyirques · lyriqeus · lyriqques · lyriquess · lyriquse · lyriuqes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "logiques" for "lyriques" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\lɔ.ʒik\ versus \li.ʁik\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "logiques" or "lyriques"?
"logiques" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,413 in our French list, against #25,390 for "lyriques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "logiques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lyriques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #259,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "logiques" and "lyriques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ludiques vs lyriques". 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 #259,824 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