Which to use
“addition” and “auditions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,776
- “addition” frequency rank
- #15,306
- “auditions” frequency rank
- 25082
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | addition | auditions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’ajouter. | Pluriel de audition. |
Where the eye mixes addition and auditions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. addition runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against auditions's 9 (VVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses addition with auditions
A purely visual mix-up. addition (\a.di.sjɔ̃\) and auditions (\o.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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25082, 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\. auditions is at rank #15,306, tagged as anoun, pronounced \o.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 25082, this pair ranks #342,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of addition vs auditions
Shared letters: adinot. Private to "addition": -. Private to "auditions": su.
"addition" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "auditions" · 9 letters · shape VVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "addition" and "auditions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "addition" or "auditions" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "addition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "auditions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "addition" and "auditions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "auditions vs auditives". 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 #342,910 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.