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

#8,788
“toxiques” frequency rank
#13,928
“typiques” frequency rank
22716
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature toxiques typiques
Definition Pluriel de toxique. Pluriel de typique.

Where the eye mixes toxiques and typiques

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. toxiques and typiques follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
toxiques
8 ch
typiques

Look-alike desk: toxiques vs typiques

A purely visual mix-up. toxiques (\tɔk.sik\) and typiques (\ti.pik\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

toxiques is recorded at frequency rank #8,788, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɔk.sik\. typiques is at rank #13,928, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ti.pik\.

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 22716, this pair ranks #356,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of toxiques vs typiques

Shared letters: eiqstu. Private to "toxiques": ox. Private to "typiques": py.

"toxiques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "typiques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toxiquesotxiques · toixques · toxiqeus · toxiqques · toxiquess · toxiquse · toxiuqes · toxqiues
  • typiquestpyiques · ttypiques · tyipques · typiqeus · typiqques · typiquess · typiquse · typiuqes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "toxiques" and "typiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\tɔk.sik\ versus \ti.pik\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "toxiques" vs "typiques" - which ranks higher?
"toxiques" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,788 in our French list, against #13,928 for "typiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "toxiques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "typiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #356,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "toxiques" and "typiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tuniques vs typiques". 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 #356,537 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