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“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.

9 ch
numérique
10 ch
numériques

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ny.me.ʁik\), 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 "numérique" or "numériques" show up more?
"numérique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,879 in our French list, against #5,791 for "numériques". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list