Which to use
“annulation” and “annulations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,026
- “annulation” frequency rank
- #40,120
- “annulations” frequency rank
- 47146
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | annulation | annulations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’annuler. | Pluriel de annulation. |
Same sound, different letters: annulation vs annulations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - annulation / annulations
This is the hard kind. annulation and annulations are pronounced identically (\a.ny.la.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) - “annulation” sits inside “annulations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
annulation is recorded at frequency rank #7,026, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ny.la.sjɔ̃\. annulations is at rank #40,120, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ny.la.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 47146, this pair ranks #189,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of annulation vs annulations
Shared letters: ailnotu. Private to "annulation": -. Private to "annulations": s.
"annulation" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "annulations" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- annulation ← annluation · annualtion · annulaiton · annulatino · annulationn · annulatoin · annulattion · annullation
- annulations ← annluations · annualtions · annulaitons · annulatinos · annulationns · annulationss · annulatiosn · annulatoins
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "annulation" for "annulations" ever safe?
Which is more common, "annulation" or "annulations"?
Useful next steps
"annulation" and "annulations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "annulation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "annulations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "annulation" and "annulations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "annotations vs annulations". 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 #189,209 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.