Which to use
“magnifique” and “magnifiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,334
- “magnifique” frequency rank
- #5,888
- “magnifiques” frequency rank
- 7222
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magnifique | magnifiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est plein de magnificence ; qui est somptueux. | Pluriel de magnifique. |
Same sound, different letters: magnifique vs magnifiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. magnifique runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVV) against magnifiques's 11 (CVCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - magnifique and magnifiques
This is the hard kind. magnifique and magnifiques are pronounced identically (\ma.ɲi.fik\) 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) - “magnifique” sits inside “magnifiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7222, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magnifique is recorded at frequency rank #1,334, classified as anadj, pronounced \ma.ɲi.fik\. magnifiques is at rank #5,888, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ma.ɲi.fik\.
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 7222, this pair ranks #423,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of magnifique vs magnifiques
Shared letters: aefgimnqu. Private to "magnifique": -. Private to "magnifiques": s.
"magnifique" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV · "magnifiques" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- magnifique ← amgnifique · maggnifique · maginfique · magnfiique · magniffique · magnifiqeu · magnifiqque · magnifiuqe
- magnifiques ← amgnifiques · maggnifiques · maginfiques · magnfiiques · magniffiques · magnifiqeus · magnifiqques · magnifiquess
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "magnifique" and "magnifiques" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "magnifique" or "magnifiques" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "magnifique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "magnifiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magnifique" and "magnifiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magnétiques vs magnifiques". 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 #423,810 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.