Which to use
“pratiquent” is a verb and “pratiques” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,640
- “pratiquent” frequency rank
- #1,931
- “pratiques” frequency rank
- 13571
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pratiquent | pratiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de pratiquer. | Pluriel de pratique. |
Same sound, different letters: pratiquent vs pratiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. pratiquent runs 10 letters (CCVCVCVVCC) against pratiques's 9 (CCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - pratiquent / pratiques
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: pratiquent and pratiques carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁa.tik\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pratiquent is recorded at frequency rank #11,640, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁa.tik\. pratiques is at rank #1,931, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁa.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 13571, this pair ranks #400,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pratiquent vs pratiques
Shared letters: aeipqrtu. Private to "pratiquent": n. Private to "pratiques": s.
"pratiquent" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCC · "pratiques" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pratiquent ← partiquent · ppratiquent · praitquent · pratiqeunt · pratiqquent · pratiquennt · pratiquentt · pratiquetn
- pratiques ← partiques · ppratiques · praitques · pratiqeus · pratiqques · pratiquess · pratiquse · pratiuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pratiquent" and "pratiques" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pratiquent" vs "pratiques" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "pratiquent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pratiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pratiquent" and "pratiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pratiquante vs pratiquent". 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 #400,451 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.