Which to use
“publics” and “publique” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,234
- “publics” frequency rank
- #697
- “publique” frequency rank
- 1931
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | publics | publique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de public. | Féminin singulier de public. |
Same sound, different letters: publics vs publique
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: publics vs publique
This is the hard kind. publics and publique are pronounced identically (\py.blik\) and both work as anadjective. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
publics is recorded at frequency rank #1,234, classified as anadj, pronounced \py.blik\. publique is at rank #697, tagged as anadj, pronounced \py.blik\.
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 1931, this pair ranks #437,103 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of publics vs publique
Shared letters: bilpu. Private to "publics": cs. Private to "publique": eq.
"publics" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "publique" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "publics" and "publique" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "publics" or "publique"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "publics" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "publique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,103 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "publics" and "publique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "publique vs punique". 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 #437,103 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.