pédagogue

\pe.da.ɡɔɡ\

/\pe.da.ɡɔɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pédagogue” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,094. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,094
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui ou celle qui enseigne aux enfants et qui a soin de leur éducation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pedagogue · pédagogue · French

pédagogue · rank #25,094 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,094
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pénitencier

Nearest frequency peer: pénitencier (+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 « pédagogue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pédagogue » 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).

pédagogue vs pédagogues
90% similar
pédagogue vs pédagogie
89% similar
pédagogue vs pédagogique
82% similar

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

Key facts for pédagogue
PropertyValue
Headwordpédagogue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.da.ɡɔɡ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,094
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pédagogue »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pédagoguese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pénitencier » (#25,095), « psychothérapie » (#25,092), « pétards » (#25,096). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pédagogue » est au #25,094. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around pédagogue (IPA \pe.da.ɡɔɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,094 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pédagogue, with forms such as "pdéagogue", "pedagogue", and "ppédagogue". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pédagogues", "pédagogie", "pédagogique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pédagogue, spelled P-É-D-A-G-O-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui ou celle qui enseigne aux enfants et qui a soin de leur éducation.
  2. 2
    Celui ou celle qui a les qualités d’un bon enseignant.
  3. 3
    Celui ou celle qui, sans en avoir le droit, censure les actions et les discours des autres.
  4. 4
    Spécialiste des théories concernant la pédagogie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le statut d’entrepreneur individuel spécialisé dans la chnouf semble en contradiction avec une vocation de pédagogue se destinant à enseigner les valeurs du sport. À moins de se spécialiser dans le cyclisme.
  2. Être un bon pédagogue.

This word in other languages

pedagogue(English)Pädagoge(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pdéagogue
  • pedagogue
  • ppédagogue
  • péadgogue
  • pédaggogue
  • pédaggoue
  • pédagogeu
  • pédagoggue
  • pédagouge
  • pédaoggue
  • péddagogue
  • pédgaogue
  • épdagogue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pédagogue - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

pdéagogue2pedagogue1ppédagogue1péadgogue2pédaggogue1pédaggoue2pédagogeu2pédagoggue1
Edit distance from "pédagogue"

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 "pédagogue"?
"pédagogue" is spelled P-É-D-A-G-O-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.da.ɡɔɡ\.
What does "pédagogue" mean?
As a noun, "pédagogue" means: Celui ou celle qui enseigne aux enfants et qui a soin de leur éducation.
What words are commonly confused with "pédagogue"?
"pédagogue" is commonly confused with "pédagogues", "pédagogie", "pédagogique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pédagogue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pédagogue" is \pe.da.ɡɔɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pédagogue" come from?
"pédagogue" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prouesses#25,088procèdent#25,086pressenti#25,085plénitude#25,079

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

partners13 variantspamphlet13 variantsrésulter13 variantssortants13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list