neurologique vs neurologiques

Which to use

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

#27,540
“neurologique” frequency rank: #28,263
“neurologiques” frequency rank: 55803
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	neurologique	neurologiques
Definition	Relatif à la neurologie ou aux neurologues.	Pluriel de neurologique.

Same sound, different letters: neurologique vs neurologiques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. neurologique runs 12 letters (CVVCVCVCVCVV) against neurologiques's 13 (CVVCVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch

neurologique

13 ch

neurologiques

Same sound, different spelling - neurologique / neurologiques

This is the hard kind. neurologique and neurologiques are pronounced identically (\nø.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) - “neurologique” sits inside “neurologiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55803, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

neurologique is recorded at frequency rank #27,540, classified as anadj, pronounced \nø.ʁɔ.lɔ.ʒik\. neurologiques is at rank #28,263, tagged as anadj, pronounced \nø.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 55803, this pair ranks #125,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of neurologique vs neurologiques

Shared letters: egilnoqru. Private to "neurologique": -. Private to "neurologiques": s.

"neurologique" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCVV · "neurologiques" · 13 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

neurologique ← enurologique · neruologique · neuorlogique · neurloogique · neurolgoique · neurollogique · neurologgique · neurologiqeu
neurologiques ← enurologiques · neruologiques · neuorlogiques · neurloogiques · neurolgoiques · neurollogiques · neurologgiques · neurologiqeus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "neurologique" for "neurologiques" ever safe?

No. They are pronounced the same (\nø.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.

Frequency check: "neurologique" vs "neurologiques" - which ranks higher?

"neurologique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,540 in our French list, against #28,263 for "neurologiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "neurologique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "neurologiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #125,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"neurologique" and "neurologiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "neurologie vs neurologique". 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 #125,136 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.