Which to use
“addiction” and “additions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,840
- “addiction” frequency rank
- #36,687
- “additions” frequency rank
- 51527
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | addiction | additions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dépendance physique à une drogue, entraînant une perte de liberté d'action. | Pluriel de addition. |
Where the eye mixes addiction and additions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. addiction (VCCVCCVVC) and additions (VCCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between addiction and additions
A purely visual mix-up. addiction (\a.dik.sjɔ̃\) and additions (\a.di.sjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51527, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
addiction is recorded at frequency rank #14,840, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.dik.sjɔ̃\. additions is at rank #36,687, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.di.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 51527, this pair ranks #154,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of addiction vs additions
Shared letters: adinot. Private to "addiction": c. Private to "additions": s.
"addiction" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "additions" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "addiction" for "additions" ever safe?
Frequency check: "addiction" vs "additions" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "addiction" and "additions" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "addiction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "additions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #154,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "addiction" and "additions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "additions vs adoptions". 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 #154,372 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.