métrique vs métriques, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#19,607
“métrique” frequency rank: #34,635
“métriques” frequency rank: 54242
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	métrique	métriques
Definition	Qui est composé de mètres.	Pluriel de métrique.

Same sound, different letters: métrique vs métriques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. métrique runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against métriques's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch

métrique

9 ch

métriques

Homophone desk: métrique vs métriques

This is the hard kind. métrique and métriques are pronounced identically (\me.tʁik\) 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) - “métrique” sits inside “métriques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

métrique is recorded at frequency rank #19,607, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.tʁik\. métriques is at rank #34,635, tagged as anadj, pronounced \me.tʁik\.

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 54242, this pair ranks #135,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of métrique vs métriques

Shared letters: eimqrtué. Private to "métrique": -. Private to "métriques": s.

"métrique" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "métriques" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "métrique" for "métriques" ever safe?

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

In ordinary French text, does "métrique" or "métriques" show up more?

"métrique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,607 in our French list, against #34,635 for "métriques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

Full dictionary entry for "métrique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "métriques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #135,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"métrique" and "métriques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "merdiques vs métriques". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #135,314 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.