Which to use
“sentiment” and “sentiments” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,835
- “sentiment” frequency rank
- #14,016
- “sentiments” frequency rank
- 20851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sentiment | sentiments |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A general thought, feeling, or sense. | plural of sentiment |
Where the eye mixes sentiment and sentiments
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses sentiment with sentiments
A purely visual mix-up. sentiment (/ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/) and sentiments (/ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənts/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “sentiment” sits inside “sentiments”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sentiment is recorded at frequency rank #6,835, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/. sentiments is at rank #14,016, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənts/.
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 20851, this pair ranks #428,206 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sentiment vs sentiments
Shared letters: eimnst. Private to "sentiment": -. Private to "sentiments": -.
"sentiment" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "sentiments" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sentiment ← esntiment · senitment · senntiment · sentiemnt · sentimennt · sentimentt · sentimetn · sentimment
- sentiments ← esntiments · senitments · senntiments · sentiemnts · sentimennts · sentimenst · sentimentss · sentimentts
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sentiment" and "sentiments" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "sentiment" or "sentiments" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sentiment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sentiments" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,206 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sentiment" and "sentiments" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sentient vs sentiments". 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 #428,206 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.