Which to use
“cognitive” and “cognitives” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,238
- “cognitive” frequency rank
- #20,393
- “cognitives” frequency rank
- 39631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cognitive | cognitives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de cognitif. | Féminin pluriel de cognitif. |
Same sound, different letters: cognitive vs cognitives
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. cognitive runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against cognitives's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cognitive vs cognitives
This is the hard kind. cognitive and cognitives are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ɲi.tiv\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cognitive” sits inside “cognitives”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cognitive is recorded at frequency rank #19,238, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ɲi.tiv\. cognitives is at rank #20,393, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ɲi.tiv\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 39631, this pair ranks #246,539 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cognitive vs cognitives
Shared letters: ceginotv. Private to "cognitive": -. Private to "cognitives": s.
"cognitive" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "cognitives" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cognitive ← ccognitive · cgonitive · coggnitive · cogintive · cogniitve · cognitiev · cognitivve · cognittive
- cognitives ← ccognitives · cgonitives · coggnitives · cogintives · cogniitves · cognitievs · cognitivess · cognitivse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cognitive" for "cognitives" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cognitive" or "cognitives"?
What to do next
"cognitive" and "cognitives" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cognitive" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cognitives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #246,539 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cognitive" and "cognitives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cognition vs cognitive". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #246,539 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.