Which to use
“pathologie” and “pathologies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,635
- “pathologie” frequency rank
- #16,963
- “pathologies” frequency rank
- 29598
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pathologie | pathologies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie de la médecine qui traite de la nature, des causes et des symptômes des maladies. | Pluriel de pathologie. |
Same sound, different letters: pathologie vs pathologies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - pathologie / pathologies
This is the hard kind. pathologie and pathologies are pronounced identically (\pa.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “pathologie” sits inside “pathologies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pathologie is recorded at frequency rank #12,635, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. pathologies is at rank #16,963, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\.
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 29598, this pair ranks #315,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pathologie vs pathologies
Shared letters: aeghilopt. Private to "pathologie": -. Private to "pathologies": s.
"pathologie" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV · "pathologies" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pathologie ← apthologie · pahtologie · pathhologie · pathloogie · patholgoie · pathollogie · pathologei · pathologgie
- pathologies ← apthologies · pahtologies · pathhologies · pathloogies · patholgoies · pathollogies · pathologeis · pathologgies
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pathologie" and "pathologies" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pathologie" vs "pathologies" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "pathologie" / "pathologies". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "pathologie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pathologies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pathologie" and "pathologies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pathologies vs pathologiques". 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 #315,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.