Which to use
“numérique” and “numériques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,879
- “numérique” frequency rank
- #5,791
- “numériques” frequency rank
- 7670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | numérique | numériques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui appartient aux nombres. | Pluriel de numérique. |
Same sound, different letters: numérique vs numériques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: numérique vs numériques
This is the hard kind. numérique and numériques are pronounced identically (\ny.me.ʁik\) 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) - “numérique” sits inside “numériques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
numérique is recorded at frequency rank #1,879, classified as anadj, pronounced \ny.me.ʁik\. numériques is at rank #5,791, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ny.me.ʁik\.
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 7670, this pair ranks #422,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of numérique vs numériques
Shared letters: eimnqrué. Private to "numérique": -. Private to "numériques": s.
"numérique" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "numériques" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "numérique" and "numériques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "numérique" or "numériques" 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 "numérique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "numériques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "numérique" and "numériques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "numériques vs numérisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #422,487 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.