Which to use
“turc” and “turques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,936
- “turc” frequency rank
- #15,777
- “turques” frequency rank
- 21713
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | turc | turques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif aux Turcs, à la Turquie. | Féminin pluriel de turc. |
Same sound, different letters: turc vs turques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - turc / turques
This is the hard kind. turc and turques are pronounced identically (\tyʁk\) 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 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21713, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
turc is recorded at frequency rank #5,936, classified as anadj, pronounced \tyʁk\. turques is at rank #15,777, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tyʁk\.
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 21713, this pair ranks #361,805 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of turc vs turques
Shared letters: rtu. Private to "turc": c. Private to "turques": eqs.
"turc" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "turques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "turc" and "turques" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "turc" vs "turques" - which ranks higher?
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 "turc" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "turques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,805 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "turc" and "turques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traqués vs turques". 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 #361,805 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.