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Which to use

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

#10,088
“thématique” frequency rank
#10,959
“thématiques” frequency rank
21047
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature thématique thématiques
Definition Qui est en rapport avec un ou des thèmes. Pluriel de thématique.

Same sound, different letters: thématique vs thématiques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. thématique runs 10 letters (CCVCVCVCVV) against thématiques's 11 (CCVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
thématique
11 ch
thématiques

Homophone desk: thématique vs thématiques

This is the hard kind. thématique and thématiques are pronounced identically (\te.ma.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) - “thématique” sits inside “thématiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21047, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

thématique is recorded at frequency rank #10,088, classified as anadj, pronounced \te.ma.tik\. thématiques is at rank #10,959, tagged as anadj, pronounced \te.ma.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 21047, this pair ranks #365,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of thématique vs thématiques

Shared letters: aehimqtué. Private to "thématique": -. Private to "thématiques": s.

"thématique" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVV  ·  "thématiques" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "thématique" and "thématiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\te.ma.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: "thématique" vs "thématiques" - which ranks higher?
"thématique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,088 in our French list, against #10,959 for "thématiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "thématique" / "thématiques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "thématique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "thématiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #365,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #365,134 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