Which to use
“portique” and “portiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,110
- “portique” frequency rank
- #23,652
- “portiques” frequency rank
- 42762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portique | portiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Galerie ouverte dont la voûte ou le plafond sont soutenus par des colonnes, par des arcades. | Pluriel de portique. |
Same sound, different letters: portique vs portiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. portique runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against portiques's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - portique / portiques
This is the hard kind. portique and portiques are pronounced identically (\pɔʁ.tik\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “portique” sits inside “portiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
portique is recorded at frequency rank #19,110, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔʁ.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 42762, this pair ranks #223,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of portique vs portiques
Shared letters: eiopqrtu. Private to "portique": -. Private to "portiques": s.
"portique" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "portiques" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "portique" and "portiques" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "portique" vs "portiques" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"portique" and "portiques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "portique" 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 #223,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portique" 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 #223,129 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.