Which to use
“auditions” is a noun and “auditives” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,306
- “auditions” frequency rank
- #41,134
- “auditives” frequency rank
- 56440
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | auditions | auditives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de audition. | Féminin pluriel de auditif. |
Where the eye mixes auditions and auditives
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses auditions with auditives
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: auditions is \o.di.sjɔ̃\ while auditives is \o.di.tiv\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
auditions is recorded at frequency rank #15,306, classified as anoun, pronounced \o.di.sjɔ̃\. auditives is at rank #41,134, tagged as anadj, pronounced \o.di.tiv\.
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 56440, this pair ranks #121,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of auditions vs auditives
Shared letters: adistu. Private to "auditions": no. Private to "auditives": ev.
"auditions" · 9 letters · shape VVCVCVVCC · "auditives" · 9 letters · shape VVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "auditions" and "auditives" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "auditions" or "auditives"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "auditions" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "auditives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "auditions" and "auditives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "auditive vs auditives". 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 #121,084 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.