monégasque vs monégasques

Which to use

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

#25,401
“monégasque” frequency rank: #39,903
“monégasques” frequency rank: 65304
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	monégasque	monégasques
Definition	Qui a un rapport avec Monaco, avec ses habitants.	Pluriel de monégasque.

Same sound, different letters: monégasque vs monégasques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.

10 ch

monégasque

11 ch

monégasques

Same sound, different spelling - monégasque / monégasques

This is the hard kind. monégasque and monégasques are pronounced identically (\mɔ.ne.ɡask\) 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) - “monégasque” sits inside “monégasques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

monégasque is recorded at frequency rank #25,401, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.ne.ɡask\. monégasques is at rank #39,903, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.ne.ɡask\.

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 65304, this pair ranks #72,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of monégasque vs monégasques

Shared letters: aegmnoqsué. Private to "monégasque": -. Private to "monégasques": -.

"monégasque" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVV · "monégasques" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "monégasque" for "monégasques" ever safe?

No. They are pronounced the same (\mɔ.ne.ɡask\), 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 "monégasque" or "monégasques" show up more?

"monégasque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,401 in our French list, against #39,903 for "monégasques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "monégasque" / "monégasques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "monégasque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "monégasques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #72,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #72,964 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.