Which to use
“tique” and “tiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,896
- “tique” frequency rank
- #26,205
- “tiques” frequency rank
- 53101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tique | tiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arachnide acarien ectoparasite, qui s’attache à la peau des chiens, des bœufs, des chats, des humains, des oiseaux ou des reptiles, se nourrissant de leur sang grâce à un rostre. | Pluriel de tique. |
Same sound, different letters: tique vs tiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - tique and tiques
This is the hard kind. tique and tiques are pronounced identically (\tik\) 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) - “tique” sits inside “tiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tique is recorded at frequency rank #26,896, classified as anoun, pronounced \tik\. tiques is at rank #26,205, tagged as anoun, pronounced \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 53101, this pair ranks #143,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tique vs tiques
Shared letters: eiqtu. Private to "tique": -. Private to "tiques": s.
"tique" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "tiques" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tique" and "tiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tique" or "tiques" show up more?
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 "tique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tique" and "tiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ténue vs tique". 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 #143,058 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.