Which to use
“pathologique” and “pathologiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,418
- “pathologique” frequency rank
- #36,522
- “pathologiques” frequency rank
- 57940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pathologique | pathologiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui appartient à la pathologie. | Pluriel de pathologique. |
Same sound, different letters: pathologique vs pathologiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. pathologique runs 12 letters (CVCCVCVCVCVV) against pathologiques's 13 (CVCCVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - pathologique and pathologiques
This is the hard kind. pathologique and pathologiques are pronounced identically (\pa.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\) 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) - “pathologique” sits inside “pathologiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pathologique is recorded at frequency rank #21,418, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\. pathologiques is at rank #36,522, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pa.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\.
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 57940, this pair ranks #112,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pathologique vs pathologiques
Shared letters: aeghilopqtu. Private to "pathologique": -. Private to "pathologiques": s.
"pathologique" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVV · "pathologiques" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pathologique ← apthologique · pahtologique · pathhologique · pathloogique · patholgoique · pathollogique · pathologgique · pathologiqeu
- pathologiques ← apthologiques · pahtologiques · pathhologiques · pathloogiques · patholgoiques · pathollogiques · pathologgiques · pathologiqeus
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pathologique" and "pathologiques" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pathologique" vs "pathologiques" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"pathologique" and "pathologiques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pathologique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pathologiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pathologique" and "pathologiques" 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 #112,012 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.