Which to use
“politiques” is an adjective and “portiques” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #635
- “politiques” frequency rank
- #23,652
- “portiques” frequency rank
- 24287
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | politiques | portiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de politique. | Pluriel de portique. |
Where the eye mixes politiques and portiques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. politiques runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against portiques's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between politiques and portiques
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: politiques is \pɔ.li.tik\ while portiques 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 24287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
politiques is recorded at frequency rank #635, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɔ.li.tik\. portiques is at rank #23,652, 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 24287, this pair ranks #347,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of politiques vs portiques
Shared letters: eiopqstu. Private to "politiques": l. Private to "portiques": r.
"politiques" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "portiques" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- politiques ← oplitiques · ploitiques · poiltiques · poliitques · politiqeus · politiqques · politiquess · politiquse
- portiques ← oprtiques · poritques · porrtiques · portiqeus · portiqques · portiquess · portiquse · portiuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "politiques" for "portiques" ever safe?
Frequency check: "politiques" vs "portiques" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "politiques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "portiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "politiques" and "portiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "portières vs portiques". 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 #347,465 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.