Which to use
“ajustement” and “ajustements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,101
- “ajustement” frequency rank
- #18,386
- “ajustements” frequency rank
- 31487
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ajustement | ajustements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’ajuster, de s’ajuster. | Pluriel de ajustement. |
Same sound, different letters: ajustement vs ajustements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - ajustement and ajustements
This is the hard kind. ajustement and ajustements are pronounced identically (\a.ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\) 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) - “ajustement” sits inside “ajustements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ajustement is recorded at frequency rank #13,101, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\. ajustements is at rank #18,386, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\.
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 31487, this pair ranks #303,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ajustement vs ajustements
Shared letters: aejmnstu. Private to "ajustement": -. Private to "ajustements": -.
"ajustement" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCC · "ajustements" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ajustement ← ajjustement · ajsutement · ajusetment · ajusstement · ajusteemnt · ajustemennt · ajustementt · ajustemetn
- ajustements ← ajjustements · ajsutements · ajusetments · ajusstements · ajusteemnts · ajustemennts · ajustemenst · ajustementss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ajustement" and "ajustements" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ajustement" or "ajustements"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "ajustement" / "ajustements". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ajustement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ajustements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #303,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ajustement" and "ajustements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ajustement vs amusement". 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 #303,495 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.