Which to use
“applaudissement” and “applaudissements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,861
- “applaudissement” frequency rank
- #11,172
- “applaudissements” frequency rank
- 56033
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | applaudissement | applaudissements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’applaudir. | Pluriel de applaudissement. |
Same sound, different letters: applaudissement vs applaudissements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 15 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. applaudissement and applaudissements are pronounced identically (\a.plo.dis.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) - “applaudissement” sits inside “applaudissements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
applaudissement is recorded at frequency rank #44,861, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.plo.dis.mɑ̃\. applaudissements is at rank #11,172, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.plo.dis.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 56033, this pair ranks #123,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of applaudissement vs applaudissements
Shared letters: adeilmnpstu. Private to "applaudissement": -. Private to "applaudissements": -.
"applaudissement" · 15 letters · shape VCCCVVCVCCVCVCC · "applaudissements" · 16 letters · shape VCCCVVCVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- applaudissement ← aplaudissement · aplpaudissement · appaludissement · appladuissement · applauddissement · applaudisement · applaudisesment · applaudisseemnt
- applaudissements ← aplaudissements · aplpaudissements · appaludissements · appladuissements · applauddissements · applaudisements · applaudisesments · applaudisseemnts