Which to use
“châtiment” and “châtiments” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,632
- “châtiment” frequency rank
- #33,610
- “châtiments” frequency rank
- 48242
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | châtiment | châtiments |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Peine infligée en vue de corriger. | Pluriel de châtiment. |
Same sound, different letters: châtiment vs châtiments
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. châtiment runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCC) against châtiments's 10 (CCVCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - châtiment / châtiments
This is the hard kind. châtiment and châtiments are pronounced identically (\ʃɑ.ti.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) - “châtiment” sits inside “châtiments”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
châtiment is recorded at frequency rank #14,632, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ.ti.mɑ̃\. châtiments is at rank #33,610, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ.ti.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 48242, this pair ranks #180,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of châtiment vs châtiments
Shared letters: cehimntâ. Private to "châtiment": -. Private to "châtiments": s.
"châtiment" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCC · "châtiments" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "châtiment" and "châtiments" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "châtiment" or "châtiments" show up more?
After this comparison
"châtiment" and "châtiments" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "châtiment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "châtiments" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #180,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #180,493 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.