météorologique vs météorologiques

Which to use

“météorologique” and “météorologiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,918
“météorologique” frequency rank: #11,812
“météorologiques” frequency rank: 31730
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	météorologique	météorologiques
Definition	Qui concerne les météores et les variations de l’atmosphère.	Pluriel de météorologique.

Same sound, different letters: météorologique vs météorologiques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. météorologique runs 14 letters (CVCVVCVCVCVCVV) against météorologiques's 15 (CVCVVCVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch

météorologique

15 ch

météorologiques

Ear matches; page differs - météorologique and météorologiques

This is the hard kind. météorologique and météorologiques are pronounced identically (\me.te.ɔ.ʁɔ.lɔ.ʒik\) 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) - “météorologique” sits inside “météorologiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

météorologique is recorded at frequency rank #19,918, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.te.ɔ.ʁɔ.lɔ.ʒik\. météorologiques is at rank #11,812, tagged as anadj, pronounced \me.te.ɔ.ʁɔ.lɔ.ʒik\.

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 31730, this pair ranks #301,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of météorologique vs météorologiques

Shared letters: egilmoqrtué. Private to "météorologique": -. Private to "météorologiques": s.

"météorologique" · 14 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVCVV · "météorologiques" · 15 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "météorologique" and "météorologiques" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\me.te.ɔ.ʁɔ.lɔ.ʒik\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "météorologique" or "météorologiques"?

"météorologiques" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,812 in our French list, against #19,918 for "météorologique". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"météorologique" and "météorologiques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

Full dictionary entry for "météorologique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "météorologiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #301,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"météorologique" and "météorologiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "météorologique vs météorologue". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #301,914 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.