Which to use
“technique” is a noun and “techniques” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #857
- “technique” frequency rank
- #1,579
- “techniques” frequency rank
- 2436
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | technique | techniques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manière d’accomplir une tâche qui n’est pas immédiatement évidente. | Pluriel de technique. |
Same sound, different letters: technique vs techniques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: technique vs techniques
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: technique and techniques carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tɛk.nik\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “technique” sits inside “techniques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
technique is recorded at frequency rank #857, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛk.nik\. techniques is at rank #1,579, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɛk.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 2436, this pair ranks #436,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of technique vs techniques
Shared letters: cehinqtu. Private to "technique": -. Private to "techniques": s.
"technique" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "techniques" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- technique ← etchnique · tcehnique · tecchnique · techhnique · techinque · techniqeu · techniqque · techniuqe
- techniques ← etchniques · tcehniques · tecchniques · techhniques · techinques · techniqeus · techniqques · techniquess
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"technique" and "techniques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "technique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "techniques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "technique" and "techniques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "techniques vs tectoniques". 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 #436,149 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.