statiquevsstatiquesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“statique” and “statiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,042
“statique” frequency rank
#33,475
“statiques” frequency rank
48517
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature statique statiques
Definition Qui ne change pas au cours du temps. Pluriel de statique.

Same sound, different letters: statique vs statiques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

8 ch
statique
9 ch
statiques

Same sound, different spelling - statique / statiques

This is the hard kind. statique and statiques are pronounced identically (\sta.tik\) 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 extra letter(s) - “statique” sits inside “statiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48517, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

statique is recorded at frequency rank #15,042, classified as anadj, pronounced \sta.tik\. statiques is at rank #33,475, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sta.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 48517, this pair ranks #178,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of statique vs statiques

Shared letters: aeiqstu. Private to "statique": -. Private to "statiques": -.

"statique" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV  ·  "statiques" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • statiquesattique · sstatique · staitque · statiqeu · statiqque · statiuqe · statqiue · stattique
  • statiquessattiques · sstatiques · staitques · statiqeus · statiqques · statiquess · statiquse · statiuqes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "statique" and "statiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\sta.tik\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "statique" vs "statiques" - which ranks higher?
"statique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,042 in our French list, against #33,475 for "statiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"statique" and "statiques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "statique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "statiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #178,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "statique" and "statiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sadiques vs statiques". 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 #178,291 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