acclamationvsacclamationsConfusable pair

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.

11 ch
acclamation
12 ch
acclamations

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\a.kla.ma.sjɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "acclamation" or "acclamations" show up more?
"acclamations" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,533 in our French list, against #44,839 for "acclamation". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list