Which to use
“citation” and “citations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,840
- “citation” frequency rank
- #7,287
- “citations” frequency rank
- 12127
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | citation | citations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acte notifié à la partie qu’on veut obliger à comparaître devant un juge ou devant un tribunal. | Pluriel de citation. |
Same sound, different letters: citation vs citations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - citation / citations
This is the hard kind. citation and citations are pronounced identically (\si.ta.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) - “citation” sits inside “citations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12127, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
citation is recorded at frequency rank #4,840, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.ta.sjɔ̃\. citations is at rank #7,287, tagged as anoun, pronounced \si.ta.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 12127, this pair ranks #406,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of citation vs citations
Shared letters: acinot. Private to "citation": -. Private to "citations": s.
"citation" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "citations" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "citation" and "citations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "citation" or "citations"?
What to do next
"citation" and "citations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "citation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "citations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "citation" and "citations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "citadin vs citation". 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 #406,487 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.