Which to use
“altération” and “altérations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,110
- “altération” frequency rank
- #36,699
- “altérations” frequency rank
- 54809
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | altération | altérations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Changement dans l’état d’une chose. | Pluriel de altération. |
Same sound, different letters: altération vs altérations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - altération / altérations
This is the hard kind. altération and altérations are pronounced identically (\al.te.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) - “altération” sits inside “altérations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
altération is recorded at frequency rank #18,110, classified as anoun, pronounced \al.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. altérations is at rank #36,699, tagged as anoun, pronounced \al.te.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 54809, this pair ranks #131,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of altération vs altérations
Shared letters: ailnorté. Private to "altération": -. Private to "altérations": s.
"altération" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "altérations" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "altération" and "altérations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "altération" vs "altérations" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"altération" and "altérations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "altération" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "altérations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "altération" and "altérations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "altérations vs altercation". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #131,521 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.