Which to use
“médical” and “médicaux” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,413
- “médical” frequency rank
- #6,418
- “médicaux” frequency rank
- 9831
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | médical | médicaux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui a trait à la médecine ou à la santé. | Masculin pluriel de médical. |
Where the eye mixes médical and médicaux
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. médical runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against médicaux's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: médical vs médicaux
A purely visual mix-up. médical (\me.di.kal\) and médicaux (\me.di.ko\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9831, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
médical is recorded at frequency rank #3,413, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.di.kal\. médicaux is at rank #6,418, tagged as anadj, pronounced \me.di.ko\.
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 9831, this pair ranks #415,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of médical vs médicaux
Shared letters: acdimé. Private to "médical": l. Private to "médicaux": ux.
"médical" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "médicaux" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "médical" and "médicaux" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "médical" or "médicaux"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "médical" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "médicaux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "médical" and "médicaux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "médical vs médina". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #415,237 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.