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Which to use

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

#2,393
“technologie” frequency rank
#17,289
“technology” frequency rank
19682
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature technologie technology
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. Technologie.

Where the eye mixes technologie and technology

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
technologie
10 ch
technology

Visual trap between technologie and technology

A purely visual mix-up. technologie (\tɛk.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\) and technology (\tɛkˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19682, 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\. technology is at rank #17,289, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɛkˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi\.

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 19682, this pair ranks #372,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of technologie vs technology

Shared letters: ceghlnot. Private to "technologie": i. Private to "technology": y.

"technologie" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVV  ·  "technology" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • technologieetchnologie · tcehnologie · tecchnologie · techhnologie · technloogie · technnologie · technolgoie · technollogie
  • technologyetchnology · tcehnology · tecchnology · techhnology · technloogy · technnology · technolgoy · technollogy

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "technologie" and "technology" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\tɛk.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ versus \tɛkˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "technologie" or "technology" show up more?
"technologie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,393 in our French list, against #17,289 for "technology". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "technologie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "technology" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #372,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "technologie" and "technology" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "technologie vs technologique". 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 #372,055 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