Which to use
“pharmacie” and “pharmacies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,639
- “pharmacie” frequency rank
- #20,233
- “pharmacies” frequency rank
- 26872
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pharmacie | pharmacies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Science ayant pour objet la composition, la préparation et le contrôle des médicaments. | Pluriel de pharmacie. |
Same sound, different letters: pharmacie vs pharmacies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. pharmacie runs 9 letters (CCVCCVCVV) against pharmacies's 10 (CCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - pharmacie / pharmacies
This is the hard kind. pharmacie and pharmacies are pronounced identically (\faʁ.ma.si\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “pharmacie” sits inside “pharmacies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pharmacie is recorded at frequency rank #6,639, classified as anoun, pronounced \faʁ.ma.si\. pharmacies is at rank #20,233, tagged as anoun, pronounced \faʁ.ma.si\.
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 26872, this pair ranks #332,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pharmacie vs pharmacies
Shared letters: acehimpr. Private to "pharmacie": -. Private to "pharmacies": s.
"pharmacie" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVV · "pharmacies" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pharmacie ← hparmacie · pahrmacie · phamracie · pharamcie · pharmaccie · pharmacei · pharmaice · pharmcaie
- pharmacies ← hparmacies · pahrmacies · phamracies · pharamcies · pharmaccies · pharmaceis · pharmaciess · pharmacise
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pharmacie" for "pharmacies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pharmacie" vs "pharmacies" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"pharmacie" and "pharmacies" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pharmacie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pharmacies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pharmacie" and "pharmacies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pharmaciens vs pharmacies". 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 #332,324 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.