Which to use
“piqués” and “piqueur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,104
- “piqués” frequency rank
- #44,097
- “piqueur” frequency rank
- 92201
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piqués | piqueur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de piqué. | Qui pique, ou qui est susceptible de piquer. |
Where the eye mixes piqués and piqueur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. piqués runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against piqueur's 7 (CVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: piqués vs piqueur
A purely visual mix-up. piqués (\pi.ke\) and piqueur (\pi.kœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92201, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piqués is recorded at frequency rank #48,104, classified as anadj, pronounced \pi.ke\. piqueur is at rank #44,097, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pi.kœʁ\.
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 92201, this pair ranks #3,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of piqués vs piqueur
Shared letters: ipqu. Private to "piqués": sé. Private to "piqueur": er.
"piqués" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "piqueur" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- piqueur ← ipqueur · piqeuur · piqqueur · piqueru · piqueurr · piquuer · piuqeur · ppiqueur
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "piqués" and "piqueur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "piqués" or "piqueur"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "piqués" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piqueur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piqués" and "piqueur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pieuses vs piqués". 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 #3,194 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.