préjudiciable vs préjudiciables

Which to use

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

#26,834
“préjudiciable” frequency rank: #48,125
“préjudiciables” frequency rank: 74959
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	préjudiciable	préjudiciables
Definition	Qui est nuisible ; qui porte ou qui cause du préjudice ; qui fait tort.	Pluriel de préjudiciable.

Same sound, different letters: préjudiciable vs préjudiciables

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. préjudiciable runs 13 letters (CCVCVCVCVVCCV) against préjudiciables's 14 (CCVCVCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch

préjudiciable

14 ch

préjudiciables

Same sound, different spelling - préjudiciable / préjudiciables

This is the hard kind. préjudiciable and préjudiciables are pronounced identically (\pʁe.ʒy.di.sjabl\) 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) - “préjudiciable” sits inside “préjudiciables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

préjudiciable is recorded at frequency rank #26,834, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.ʒy.di.sjabl\. préjudiciables is at rank #48,125, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.ʒy.di.sjabl\.

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 74959, this pair ranks #35,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of préjudiciable vs préjudiciables

Shared letters: abcdeijlprué. Private to "préjudiciable": -. Private to "préjudiciables": s.

"préjudiciable" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVCCV · "préjudiciables" · 14 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "préjudiciable" for "préjudiciables" ever safe?

No. They are pronounced the same (\pʁe.ʒy.di.sjabl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "préjudiciable" or "préjudiciables"?

"préjudiciable" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,834 in our French list, against #48,125 for "préjudiciables". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "préjudiciable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "préjudiciables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #35,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #35,519 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.