Which to use
“turque” is a noun and “turques” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,051
- “turque” frequency rank
- #15,777
- “turques” frequency rank
- 23828
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | turque | turques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Brebis de plus d'un an, mais qui n'a pas encore eu d'agneau. | Féminin pluriel de turc. |
Same sound, different letters: turque vs turques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. turque runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against turques's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - turque / turques
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: turque and turques carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tyʁk\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “turque” sits inside “turques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
turque is recorded at frequency rank #8,051, classified as anoun, 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 23828, this pair ranks #350,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of turque vs turques
Shared letters: eqrtu. Private to "turque": -. Private to "turques": s.
"turque" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "turques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "turque" and "turques" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "turque" or "turques"?
After this comparison
"turque" and "turques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "turque" 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 #350,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "turque" 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 #350,238 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.