Which to use
“ludique” and “ludiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,969
- “ludique” frequency rank
- #31,124
- “ludiques” frequency rank
- 46093
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ludique | ludiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui permet de s’amuser. | Pluriel de ludique. |
Same sound, different letters: ludique vs ludiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. ludique runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against ludiques's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - ludique / ludiques
This is the hard kind. ludique and ludiques are pronounced identically (\ly.dik\) 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) - “ludique” sits inside “ludiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ludique is recorded at frequency rank #14,969, classified as anadj, pronounced \ly.dik\. ludiques is at rank #31,124, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ly.dik\.
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 46093, this pair ranks #197,658 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ludique vs ludiques
Shared letters: deilqu. Private to "ludique": -. Private to "ludiques": s.
"ludique" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "ludiques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ludique" for "ludiques" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ludique" vs "ludiques" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "ludique" / "ludiques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ludique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ludiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,658 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ludique" and "ludiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lucques vs ludiques". 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 #197,658 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.