Which to use
“paralympique” is an adjective and “paralympiques” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,392
- “paralympique” frequency rank
- #17,218
- “paralympiques” frequency rank
- 50610
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paralympique | paralympiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est propre ou relatif aux Jeux paralympiques. | Jeux paralympiques. |
Same sound, different letters: paralympique vs paralympiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. paralympique runs 12 letters (CVCVCVCCVCVV) against paralympiques's 13 (CVCVCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - paralympique and paralympiques
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: paralympique and paralympiques carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pa.ʁa.lɛ̃.pik\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “paralympique” sits inside “paralympiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50610, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paralympique is recorded at frequency rank #33,392, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.ʁa.lɛ̃.pik\. paralympiques is at rank #17,218, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁa.lɛ̃.pik\.
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 50610, this pair ranks #161,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of paralympique vs paralympiques
Shared letters: aeilmpqruy. Private to "paralympique": -. Private to "paralympiques": s.
"paralympique" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVV · "paralympiques" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- paralympique ← apralympique · paarlympique · parallympique · paralmypique · paralymipque · paralymmpique · paralympiqeu · paralympiqque
- paralympiques ← apralympiques · paarlympiques · parallympiques · paralmypiques · paralymipques · paralymmpiques · paralympiqeus · paralympiqques
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "paralympique" and "paralympiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "paralympique" vs "paralympiques" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"paralympique" and "paralympiques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "paralympique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "paralympiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #161,288 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.