pédagogue
\pe.da.ɡɔɡ\
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
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui ou celle qui enseigne aux enfants et qui a soin de leur éducation.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pédagogue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.da.ɡɔɡ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #25,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pédagogue” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around pédagogue (IPA \pe.da.ɡɔɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,094 among 248,534 “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
- 1Celui ou celle qui enseigne aux enfants et qui a soin de leur éducation.
- 2Celui ou celle qui a les qualités d’un bon enseignant.
- 3Celui ou celle qui, sans en avoir le droit, censure les actions et les discours des autres.
- 4Spécialiste des théories concernant la pédagogie.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “pédagogue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-É-D-A-G-O-G-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pe.da.ɡɔɡ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pédagogues” - see the side-by-side comparison. pédagogue vs pédagogues
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.