pathologique

\pa.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\

/\pa.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\/ adj

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The verdict

“pathologique” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,418. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,418
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient à la pathologie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pathologique · pathologique · French

pathologique · rank #21,418 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,418
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paquebot

Nearest frequency peer: paquebot (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pathologique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pathologique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pathologique vs pathologiques
92% similar
pathologique vs pathologie
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pathologique
PropertyValue
Headwordpathologique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\
Letters12
Frequency rank#21,418
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pathologique »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pathologiquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « paquebot » (#21,417), « pensionnaire » (#21,419), « Ostende » (#21,416). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pathologique » est au #21,418. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around pathologique (IPA \pa.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,418 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for pathologique, with forms such as "apthologique", "pahtologique", and "pathhologique". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "pathologiques", "pathologie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pathologique, spelled P-A-T-H-O-L-O-G-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui appartient à la pathologie.
  2. 2
    Qui confine à l’anomalie, à la pathologie ; maladif.
  3. 3
    Se dit d’un cas particulier contre-intuitif d’un raisonnement qui ne peut être traité avec les autres.
  4. 4
    Qui révèle une passivité résultant d'une simple affection de la sensibilité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pathologique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il serait superflu de rappeler ici le tableau de l’alcoolisme […] ; mais nous voulons appeler l’attention sur la ressemblance que présentent avec lui le caféisme, le théisme, le cocaïsme, états pathologiques beaucoup plus rares et beaucoup moins connus, mais pourtant réels.
  2. La sérine du sang ressemble beaucoup à l’albumine de l’œuf ; elle constitue également l’albumine pathologique des urines.

Antonyms

pratique

This word in other languages

pathologic(English)patológico(Español)pathologisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apthologique
  • pahtologique
  • pathhologique
  • pathloogique
  • patholgoique
  • pathollogique
  • pathologgique
  • pathologiqeu
  • pathologiqque
  • pathologiuqe
  • pathologqiue
  • patholoigque
  • pathoolgique
  • patohlogique
  • patthologique
  • ppathologique
  • ptahologique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pathologique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

apthologique2pahtologique2pathhologique1pathloogique2patholgoique2pathollogique1pathologgique1pathologiqeu2
Edit distance from "pathologique"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pathologique"?
"pathologique" is spelled P-A-T-H-O-L-O-G-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\.
What does "pathologique" mean?
As an adjective, "pathologique" means: Qui appartient à la pathologie.
What words are commonly confused with "pathologique"?
"pathologique" is commonly confused with "pathologiques", "pathologie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pathologique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pathologique" is \pa.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pathologique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pathologique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pensionnaire#21,419mystérieuses#21,403quantitative#21,434reconnaissez#21,439

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

récompensée17 variantsintercepter17 variantsvégétariens17 variantsfédéralisme17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list