radiophoniquevsradiophoniquesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: radiophonique is a adjective, radiophoniques is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“radiophonique” is an adjective and “radiophoniques” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,323
“radiophonique” frequency rank
#41,993
“radiophoniques” frequency rank
72316
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature radiophonique radiophoniques
Definition Relatif à la radiophonie. Pluriel de radiophonique.

Same sound, different letters: radiophonique vs radiophoniques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. radiophonique runs 13 letters (CVCVVCCVCVCVV) against radiophoniques's 14 (CVCVVCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
radiophonique
14 ch
radiophoniques

Ear matches; page differs - radiophonique and radiophoniques

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: radiophonique and radiophoniques carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁa.djɔ.fɔ.nik\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “radiophonique” sits inside “radiophoniques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

radiophonique is recorded at frequency rank #30,323, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.djɔ.fɔ.nik\. radiophoniques is at rank #41,993, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.djɔ.fɔ.nik\.

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 72316, this pair ranks #44,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of radiophonique vs radiophoniques

Shared letters: adehinopqru. Private to "radiophonique": -. Private to "radiophoniques": s.

"radiophonique" · 13 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCVCVV  ·  "radiophoniques" · 14 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • radiophonique ← ardiophonique · raddiophonique · radiohponique · radiophhonique · radiophnoique · radiophoinque · radiophoniqeu · radiophoniqque
  • radiophoniques ← ardiophoniques · raddiophoniques · radiohponiques · radiophhoniques · radiophnoiques · radiophoinques · radiophoniqeus · radiophoniqques

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "radiophonique" and "radiophoniques" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "radiophonique" is an adjective and "radiophoniques" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "radiophonique" or "radiophoniques"?
"radiophonique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,323 in our French list, against #41,993 for "radiophoniques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "radiophonique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "radiophoniques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #44,413 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list