Which to use
“trick” and “trique” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,104
- “trick” frequency rank
- #46,501
- “trique” frequency rank
- 83605
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trick | trique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | La septième levée et les suivantes du jeu de bridge. | Gros bâton. |
Same sound, different letters: trick vs trique
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - trick / trique
This is the hard kind. trick and trique are pronounced identically (\tʁik\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83605, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trick is recorded at frequency rank #37,104, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁik\. trique is at rank #46,501, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁik\.
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 83605, this pair ranks #14,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of trick vs trique
Shared letters: irt. Private to "trick": ck. Private to "trique": equ.
"trick" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "trique" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "trick" and "trique" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "trick" vs "trique" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "trick" / "trique". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "trick" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trick" and "trique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traqués 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 #14,511 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.