pédologique

\pe.dɔ.lɔ.ʒik\

/\pe.dɔ.lɔ.ʒik\/ adj

The verdict

“pédologique” is uncommon French (frequency #96,278 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,278
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la pédologie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pedologique · pédologique · French

pédologique · rank #96,278 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,278
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH PVD

Nearest frequency peer: PVD (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « pédologique »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pédologique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pédologique
PropertyValue
Headwordpédologique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pe.dɔ.lɔ.ʒik\
Letters11
Frequency rank#96,278
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pédologique » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pédologiquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « PVD » (#96,277), « putter » (#96,276), « pérorer » (#96,280). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pédologique » est au #96,278. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pédologique is uncommon French at frequency #96,278 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.dɔ.lɔ.ʒik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à la pédologie.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pédologique, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pédologique, spelled P-É-D-O-L-O-G-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la pédologie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En fait, le laboratoire réalise une analyse granulométrique après avoir dissout le CaCO₃ par HCl ; il s'agit donc bien d'une décarbonatation artificielle, quasi-instantanée, in vitro, qui simule une décarbonatation pédologique naturelle.
  2. Évidemment, en tant que Français, et géographe, j’étais condamné à l’isolement. L’anthropologie était sans conteste la reine des sciences humaines. L’étude des plissements et des roches, ou même la carte pédologique de la vallée du Tepalcatepec, de l’avis général, à quoi cela pouvait-il servir ?

This word in other languages

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 "pédologique"?
"pédologique" is spelled P-É-D-O-L-O-G-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.dɔ.lɔ.ʒik\.
What does "pédologique" mean?
As an adjective, "pédologique" means: Relatif à la pédologie.
How do you pronounce "pédologique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pédologique" is \pe.dɔ.lɔ.ʒik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pédologique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list