Which to use
“physique” and “physiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #985
- “physique” frequency rank
- #3,348
- “physiques” frequency rank
- 4333
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | physique | physiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui s’exprime dans le monde matériel sous une forme mesurable. | Pluriel de physique. |
Same sound, different letters: physique vs physiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: physique vs physiques
This is the hard kind. physique and physiques are pronounced identically (\fi.zik\) 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) - “physique” sits inside “physiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4333, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
physique is recorded at frequency rank #985, classified as anadj, pronounced \fi.zik\. physiques is at rank #3,348, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fi.zik\.
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 4333, this pair ranks #431,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of physique vs physiques
Shared letters: ehipqsuy. Private to "physique": -. Private to "physiques": -.
"physique" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "physiques" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "physique" and "physiques" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "physique" or "physiques" 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 "physique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "physiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "physique" and "physiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persique vs physique". 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 #431,865 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.