Which to use
“lyrique” and “lyriques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,807
- “lyrique” frequency rank
- #25,390
- “lyriques” frequency rank
- 38197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lyrique | lyriques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se chante sur la lyre. | Pluriel de lyrique. |
Same sound, different letters: lyrique vs lyriques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. lyrique runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against lyriques's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - lyrique and lyriques
This is the hard kind. lyrique and lyriques are pronounced identically (\li.ʁik\) 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) - “lyrique” sits inside “lyriques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lyrique is recorded at frequency rank #12,807, classified as anadj, pronounced \li.ʁik\. 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 38197, this pair ranks #256,973 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lyrique vs lyriques
Shared letters: eilqruy. Private to "lyrique": -. Private to "lyriques": s.
"lyrique" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "lyriques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lyrique" and "lyriques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lyrique" or "lyriques"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "lyrique" / "lyriques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "lyrique" 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 #256,973 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lyrique" and "lyriques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Laroque vs lyrique". 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 #256,973 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.