Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "toxiques" and "typiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "toxiques" vs "typiques" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- 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.