Which to use
“politique” and “politiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #204
- “politique” frequency rank
- #635
- “politiques” frequency rank
- 839
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | politique | politiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a rapport aux affaires publiques, au gouvernement d’un État, ou aux relations mutuelles des divers États. | Pluriel de politique. |
Same sound, different letters: politique vs politiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. politique runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against politiques's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: politique vs politiques
This is the hard kind. politique and politiques are pronounced identically (\pɔ.li.tik\) 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) - “politique” sits inside “politiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
politique is recorded at frequency rank #204, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɔ.li.tik\. politiques is at rank #635, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔ.li.tik\.
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 839, this pair ranks #439,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of politique vs politiques
Shared letters: eilopqtu. Private to "politique": -. Private to "politiques": s.
"politique" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "politiques" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- politique ← oplitique · ploitique · poiltique · poliitque · politiqeu · politiqque · politiuqe · politqiue
- politiques ← oplitiques · ploitiques · poiltiques · poliitques · politiqeus · politiqques · politiquess · politiquse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "politique" and "politiques" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "politique" or "politiques" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "politique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "politiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #439,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "politique" and "politiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "politique vs prolifique". 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 #439,043 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.