Which to use
“collection” and “collections” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,512
- “collection” frequency rank
- #4,736
- “collections” frequency rank
- 6248
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | collection | collections |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réunion de plusieurs objets qui ont ensemble quelque rapport. | Pluriel de collection. |
Same sound, different letters: collection vs collections
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. collection runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against collections's 11 (CVCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - collection and collections
This is the hard kind. collection and collections are pronounced identically (\kɔ.lɛk.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) - “collection” sits inside “collections”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
collection is recorded at frequency rank #1,512, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.lɛk.sjɔ̃\. collections is at rank #4,736, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.lɛk.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 6248, this pair ranks #426,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of collection vs collections
Shared letters: ceilnot. Private to "collection": -. Private to "collections": s.
"collection" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "collections" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- collection ← ccollection · clolection · colection · colelction · collcetion · collecction · colleciton · collectino
- collections ← ccollections · clolections · colections · colelctions · collcetions · collecctions · collecitons · collectinos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "collection" and "collections" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "collection" vs "collections" - 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 "collection" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "collections" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "collection" and "collections" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "collection vs convection". 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 #426,749 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.