Which to use
“accusation” and “accusations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,638
- “accusation” frequency rank
- #5,518
- “accusations” frequency rank
- 10156
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accusation | accusations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action en justice par laquelle on accuse quelqu’un. | Pluriel de accusation. |
Same sound, different letters: accusation vs accusations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. accusation runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVVC) against accusations's 11 (VCCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - accusation / accusations
This is the hard kind. accusation and accusations are pronounced identically (\a.ky.za.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) - “accusation” sits inside “accusations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10156, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accusation is recorded at frequency rank #4,638, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ky.za.sjɔ̃\. accusations is at rank #5,518, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ky.za.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 10156, this pair ranks #414,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accusation vs accusations
Shared letters: acinostu. Private to "accusation": -. Private to "accusations": -.
"accusation" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "accusations" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accusation ← accsuation · accuastion · accusaiton · accusatino · accusationn · accusatoin · accusattion · accussation
- accusations ← accsuations · accuastions · accusaitons · accusatinos · accusationns · accusationss · accusatiosn · accusatoins
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "accusation" for "accusations" ever safe?
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After this comparison
"accusation" and "accusations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "accusation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accusations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,030 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 #414,030 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.