photovoltaïque vs photovoltaïques

Which to use

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

#23,642
“photovoltaïque” frequency rank: #31,181
“photovoltaïques” frequency rank: 54823
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	photovoltaïque	photovoltaïques
Definition	Relatif à la production d’électricité à partir de l’énergie lumineuse.	Pluriel de photovoltaïque.

Same sound, different letters: photovoltaïque vs photovoltaïques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. photovoltaïque runs 14 letters (CCVCVCVCCVCCVV) against photovoltaïques's 15 (CCVCVCVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch

photovoltaïque

15 ch

photovoltaïques

Homophone desk: photovoltaïque vs photovoltaïques

This is the hard kind. photovoltaïque and photovoltaïques are pronounced identically (\fo.to.vɔl.ta.ik\) 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) - “photovoltaïque” sits inside “photovoltaïques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

photovoltaïque is recorded at frequency rank #23,642, classified as anadj, pronounced \fo.to.vɔl.ta.ik\. photovoltaïques is at rank #31,181, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fo.to.vɔl.ta.ik\.

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 54823, this pair ranks #131,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of photovoltaïque vs photovoltaïques

Shared letters: aehlopqtuvï. Private to "photovoltaïque": -. Private to "photovoltaïques": s.

"photovoltaïque" · 14 letters · shape CCVCVCVCCVCCVV · "photovoltaïques" · 15 letters · shape CCVCVCVCCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "photovoltaïque" and "photovoltaïques" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\fo.to.vɔl.ta.ik\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "photovoltaïque" or "photovoltaïques"?

"photovoltaïque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,642 in our French list, against #31,181 for "photovoltaïques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "photovoltaïque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "photovoltaïques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #131,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #131,431 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.