Which to use
“application” and “applications” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,133
- “application” frequency rank
- #3,512
- “applications” frequency rank
- 4645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | application | applications |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’appliquer. | Pluriel de application. |
Same sound, different letters: application vs applications
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - application / applications
This is the hard kind. application and applications are pronounced identically (\a.pli.ka.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) - “application” sits inside “applications”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
application is recorded at frequency rank #1,133, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\. applications is at rank #3,512, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.pli.ka.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 4645, this pair ranks #431,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of application vs applications
Shared letters: acilnopt. Private to "application": -. Private to "applications": s.
"application" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVVC · "applications" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- application ← aplication · aplpication · appilcation · applciation · appliaction · applicaiton · applicatino · applicationn
- applications ← aplications · aplpications · appilcations · applciations · appliactions · applicaitons · applicatinos · applicationns
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "application" and "applications" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "application" or "applications" show up more?
What to do next
"application" and "applications" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "application" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "applications" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #431,069 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.