Which to use
“agglomération” and “agglomérations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,582
- “agglomération” frequency rank
- #15,795
- “agglomérations” frequency rank
- 22377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agglomération | agglomérations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’agglomérer, de s'agglomérer ; résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de agglomération. |
Same sound, different letters: agglomération vs agglomérations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - agglomération / agglomérations
This is the hard kind. agglomération and agglomérations are pronounced identically (\a.ɡlɔ.me.ʁa.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) - “agglomération” sits inside “agglomérations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agglomération is recorded at frequency rank #6,582, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡlɔ.me.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. agglomérations is at rank #15,795, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡlɔ.me.ʁa.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 22377, this pair ranks #358,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of agglomération vs agglomérations
Shared letters: agilmnorté. Private to "agglomération": -. Private to "agglomérations": s.
"agglomération" · 13 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVCVVC · "agglomérations" · 14 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agglomération" and "agglomérations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "agglomération" or "agglomérations"?
What to do next
"agglomération" and "agglomérations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "agglomération" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agglomérations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #358,316 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.