Which to use
“bastion” and “bastions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,611
- “bastion” frequency rank
- #24,874
- “bastions” frequency rank
- 39485
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bastion | bastions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouvrage de fortification qui fait partie de l’enceinte du corps d’une place : il présente en saillie deux faces et deux flancs. Il est relié à l’enceinte par ces derniers. | Pluriel de bastion. |
Same sound, different letters: bastion vs bastions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. bastion runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against bastions's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - bastion and bastions
This is the hard kind. bastion and bastions are pronounced identically (\bas.tjɔ̃\) 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) - “bastion” sits inside “bastions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bastion is recorded at frequency rank #14,611, classified as anoun, pronounced \bas.tjɔ̃\. bastions is at rank #24,874, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bas.tjɔ̃\.
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 39485, this pair ranks #247,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bastion vs bastions
Shared letters: abinost. Private to "bastion": -. Private to "bastions": -.
"bastion" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "bastions" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bastion" and "bastions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bastion" or "bastions"?
What to do next
"bastion" and "bastions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "bastion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bastions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bastion" and "bastions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bastian vs bastions". 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 #247,591 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.