Which to use
“mythique” and “mythiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,866
- “mythique” frequency rank
- #22,341
- “mythiques” frequency rank
- 30207
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mythique | mythiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui appartient au mythe, qui est fondé sur un mythe, qui révèle un mythe. Qui est du domaine de la fable. | Pluriel de mythique. |
Same sound, different letters: mythique vs mythiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. mythique runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against mythiques's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - mythique / mythiques
This is the hard kind. mythique and mythiques are pronounced identically (\mi.tik\) 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) - “mythique” sits inside “mythiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30207, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mythique is recorded at frequency rank #7,866, classified as anadj, pronounced \mi.tik\. mythiques is at rank #22,341, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mi.tik\.
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 30207, this pair ranks #311,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mythique vs mythiques
Shared letters: ehimqtuy. Private to "mythique": -. Private to "mythiques": s.
"mythique" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "mythiques" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mythique" and "mythiques" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "mythique" or "mythiques" show up more?
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 "mythique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mythiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mythique" and "mythiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "métriques vs mythiques". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #311,849 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.