Which to use
“attention” and “attentions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #608
- “attention” frequency rank
- #18,398
- “attentions” frequency rank
- 19006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attention | attentions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Concentration particulière sur quelque chose ; application d’esprit à quelque chose. | Pluriel de attention. |
Same sound, different letters: attention vs attentions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - attention / attentions
This is the hard kind. attention and attentions are pronounced identically (\a.tɑ̃.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) - “attention” sits inside “attentions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attention is recorded at frequency rank #608, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. attentions is at rank #18,398, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.tɑ̃.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 19006, this pair ranks #375,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of attention vs attentions
Shared letters: aeinot. Private to "attention": -. Private to "attentions": s.
"attention" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "attentions" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- attention ← atention · atetntion · atteniton · attenntion · attentino · attentionn · attentoin · attenttion
- attentions ← atentions · atetntions · attenitons · attenntions · attentinos · attentionns · attentionss · attentiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "attention" and "attentions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "attention" vs "attentions" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "attention" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attentions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attention" and "attentions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abstentions vs attentions". 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 #375,509 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.