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“pédagogique” and “pédagogiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,225
“pédagogique” frequency rank
#12,458
“pédagogiques” frequency rank
19683
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pédagogique pédagogiques
Definition Relatif à la pédagogie. Pluriel de pédagogique.

Same sound, different letters: pédagogique vs pédagogiques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. pédagogique runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCVCVV) against pédagogiques's 12 (CVCVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
pédagogique
12 ch
pédagogiques

Same sound, different spelling - pédagogique / pédagogiques

This is the hard kind. pédagogique and pédagogiques are pronounced identically (\pe.da.ɡɔ.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) - “pédagogique” sits inside “pédagogiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pédagogique is recorded at frequency rank #7,225, classified as anadj, pronounced \pe.da.ɡɔ.ʒik\. pédagogiques is at rank #12,458, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pe.da.ɡɔ.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 19683, this pair ranks #372,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of pédagogique vs pédagogiques

Shared letters: adegiopqué. Private to "pédagogique": -. Private to "pédagogiques": s.

"pédagogique" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVV  ·  "pédagogiques" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pédagogique" and "pédagogiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\pe.da.ɡɔ.ʒik\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "pédagogique" vs "pédagogiques" - which ranks higher?
"pédagogique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,225 in our French list, against #12,458 for "pédagogiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pédagogique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pédagogiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #372,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pédagogique" and "pédagogiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pédagogiques vs pédagogues". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #372,048 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list