Which to use
“acclamation” and “acclamations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,839
- “acclamation” frequency rank
- #33,533
- “acclamations” frequency rank
- 78372
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acclamation | acclamations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cris de joie ou d’enthousiasme qu’excite une action ou une personne. | Pluriel de acclamation. |
Same sound, different letters: acclamation vs acclamations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. acclamation runs 11 letters (VCCCVCVCVVC) against acclamations's 12 (VCCCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - acclamation / acclamations
This is the hard kind. acclamation and acclamations are pronounced identically (\a.kla.ma.sjɔ̃\) 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) - “acclamation” sits inside “acclamations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78372, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acclamation is recorded at frequency rank #44,839, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.kla.ma.sjɔ̃\. acclamations is at rank #33,533, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.kla.ma.sjɔ̃\.
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 78372, this pair ranks #25,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acclamation vs acclamations
Shared letters: acilmnot. Private to "acclamation": -. Private to "acclamations": s.
"acclamation" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVVC · "acclamations" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- acclamation ← accalmation · acclaamtion · acclamaiton · acclamatino · acclamationn · acclamatoin · acclamattion · acclammation
- acclamations ← accalmations · acclaamtions · acclamaitons · acclamatinos · acclamationns · acclamationss · acclamatiosn · acclamatoins
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "acclamation" and "acclamations" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "acclamation" or "acclamations" show up more?
Useful next steps
"acclamation" and "acclamations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "acclamation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acclamations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #25,918 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.