Which to use
“addition” and “additions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,776
- “addition” frequency rank
- #36,687
- “additions” frequency rank
- 46463
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | addition | additions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’ajouter. | Pluriel de addition. |
Same sound, different letters: addition vs additions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. addition runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against additions's 9 (VCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: addition vs additions
This is the hard kind. addition and additions are pronounced identically (\a.di.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) - “addition” sits inside “additions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46463, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
addition is recorded at frequency rank #9,776, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.di.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 46463, this pair ranks #194,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of addition vs additions
Shared letters: adinot. Private to "addition": -. Private to "additions": s.
"addition" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "additions" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "addition" and "additions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "addition" vs "additions" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "addition" 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 #194,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "addition" 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 #194,741 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.