# paedophile vs pedophile

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### paedophile
*noun · IPA /ˈpɛ.dəʉˌfɑɪl/ · frequency rank #35,008*
Commonwealth standard spelling of pedophile.

### pedophile
*noun · IPA /ˈpiː.dəˌfaɪl/ · frequency rank #19,658*
An adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paedophile-vs-pedophile