Which to use
“politique” is an adjective and “portique” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #204
- “politique” frequency rank
- #19,110
- “portique” frequency rank
- 19314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | politique | portique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a rapport aux affaires publiques, au gouvernement d’un État, ou aux relations mutuelles des divers États. | Galerie ouverte dont la voûte ou le plafond sont soutenus par des colonnes, par des arcades. |
Where the eye mixes politique and portique
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. politique runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against portique's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between politique and portique
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: politique is \pɔ.li.tik\ while portique is \pɔʁ.tik\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19314, 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\. portique is at rank #19,110, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔʁ.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 19314, this pair ranks #373,884 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of politique vs portique
Shared letters: eiopqtu. Private to "politique": l. Private to "portique": r.
"politique" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "portique" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "politique" for "portique" ever safe?
Frequency check: "politique" vs "portique" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "politique" and "portique" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "politique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "portique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,884 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "politique" and "portique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persique vs portique". 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 #373,884 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.