Which to use
“portières” and “portiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,650
- “portières” frequency rank
- #23,652
- “portiques” frequency rank
- 59302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portières | portiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de portière. | Pluriel de portique. |
Where the eye mixes portières and portiques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. portières (CVCCVVCVC) and portiques (CVCCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: portières vs portiques
A purely visual mix-up. portières (\pɔʁ.tjɛʁ\) and portiques (\pɔʁ.tik\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
portières is recorded at frequency rank #35,650, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔʁ.tjɛʁ\. 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 59302, this pair ranks #103,931 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of portières vs portiques
Shared letters: eioprst. Private to "portières": è. Private to "portiques": qu.
"portières" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "portiques" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- portiques ← oprtiques · poritques · porrtiques · portiqeus · portiqques · portiquess · portiquse · portiuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "portières" for "portiques" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "portières" or "portiques" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "portières" 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 #103,931 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portières" and "portiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "portières vs potiers". 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 #103,931 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.