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

#20,535
“préjugé” frequency rank
#7,487
“préjugés” frequency rank
28022
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature préjugé préjugés
Definition Ce qui a été jugé auparavant dans un cas semblable ou analogue. Pluriel de préjugé.

Same sound, different letters: préjugé vs préjugés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. préjugé runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against préjugés's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
préjugé
8 ch
préjugés

Ear matches; page differs - préjugé and préjugés

This is the hard kind. préjugé and préjugés are pronounced identically (\pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\) 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) - “préjugé” sits inside “préjugés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

préjugé is recorded at frequency rank #20,535, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\. préjugés is at rank #7,487, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\.

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 28022, this pair ranks #325,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of préjugé vs préjugés

Shared letters: gjprué. Private to "préjugé": -. Private to "préjugés": s.

"préjugé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "préjugés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "préjugé" and "préjugés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\), 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, "préjugé" or "préjugés"?
"préjugés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,487 in our French list, against #20,535 for "préjugé". 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 "préjugé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "préjugés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #325,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "préjugé" and "préjugés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "préjugé vs préjuger". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #325,369 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