technologievstechnologiesConfusable pair

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

#2,393
“technologie” frequency rank
#3,228
“technologies” frequency rank
5621
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature technologie technologies
Definition Science des techniques, étude systématique des procédés, des méthodes, des techniques, des instruments ou des outils propres ou pas à un ou plusieurs domaines techniques, arts ou métiers. Pluriel de technologie.

Same sound, different letters: technologie vs technologies

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.

11 ch
technologie
12 ch
technologies

Homophone desk: technologie vs technologies

This is the hard kind. technologie and technologies are pronounced identically (\tɛk.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “technologie” sits inside “technologies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

technologie is recorded at frequency rank #2,393, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛk.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. technologies is at rank #3,228, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɛk.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\.

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 5621, this pair ranks #428,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of technologie vs technologies

Shared letters: ceghilnot. Private to "technologie": -. Private to "technologies": s.

"technologie" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVV  ·  "technologies" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • technologieetchnologie · tcehnologie · tecchnologie · techhnologie · technloogie · technnologie · technolgoie · technollogie
  • technologiesetchnologies · tcehnologies · tecchnologies · techhnologies · technloogies · technnologies · technolgoies · technollogies

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "technologie" and "technologies" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\tɛk.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "technologie" or "technologies"?
"technologie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,393 in our French list, against #3,228 for "technologies". 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 "technologie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "technologies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #428,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "technologie" and "technologies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "technologie vs technology". 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 #428,505 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