Which to use
“mécanique” and “mécaniques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,277
- “mécanique” frequency rank
- #7,464
- “mécaniques” frequency rank
- 10741
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mécanique | mécaniques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif aux machines, aux mécanismes. | Pluriel de mécanique. |
Same sound, different letters: mécanique vs mécaniques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. mécanique runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against mécaniques's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mécanique and mécaniques
This is the hard kind. mécanique and mécaniques are pronounced identically (\me.ka.nik\) 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) - “mécanique” sits inside “mécaniques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10741, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mécanique is recorded at frequency rank #3,277, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.ka.nik\. mécaniques is at rank #7,464, tagged as anadj, pronounced \me.ka.nik\.
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 10741, this pair ranks #411,818 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mécanique vs mécaniques
Shared letters: aceimnqué. Private to "mécanique": -. Private to "mécaniques": s.
"mécanique" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "mécaniques" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mécanique" and "mécaniques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mécanique" or "mécaniques"?
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 "mécanique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mécaniques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,818 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mécanique" and "mécaniques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mécaniques vs mécanismes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #411,818 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.