Which to use
“métallique” and “métalliques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,603
- “métallique” frequency rank
- #10,036
- “métalliques” frequency rank
- 17639
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | métallique | métalliques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est de métal, qui concerne le métal. | Pluriel de métallique. |
Same sound, different letters: métallique vs métalliques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. métallique runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCVV) against métalliques's 11 (CVCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - métallique and métalliques
This is the hard kind. métallique and métalliques are pronounced identically (\me.ta.lik\) 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) - “métallique” sits inside “métalliques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
métallique is recorded at frequency rank #7,603, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.ta.lik\. métalliques is at rank #10,036, tagged as anadj, pronounced \me.ta.lik\.
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 17639, this pair ranks #382,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of métallique vs métalliques
Shared letters: aeilmqtué. Private to "métallique": -. Private to "métalliques": s.
"métallique" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV · "métalliques" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "métallique" and "métalliques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "métallique" or "métalliques" 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 "métallique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "métalliques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "métallique" and "métalliques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "métaboliques vs métalliques". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #382,208 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.