Which to use
“toxique” and “toxiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,568
- “toxique” frequency rank
- #8,788
- “toxiques” frequency rank
- 18356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toxique | toxiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui provoque des effets nocifs sur un organisme vivant, en perturbant ses fonctions biologiques ou en causant des lésions. | Pluriel de toxique. |
Same sound, different letters: toxique vs toxiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. toxique runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against toxiques's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - toxique / toxiques
This is the hard kind. toxique and toxiques are pronounced identically (\tɔk.sik\) 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) - “toxique” sits inside “toxiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toxique is recorded at frequency rank #9,568, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɔk.sik\. toxiques is at rank #8,788, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɔk.sik\.
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 18356, this pair ranks #378,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of toxique vs toxiques
Shared letters: eioqtux. Private to "toxique": -. Private to "toxiques": s.
"toxique" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "toxiques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "toxique" and "toxiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "toxique" vs "toxiques" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "toxique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toxiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toxique" and "toxiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toxique vs trique". 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 #378,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.