Which to use
“collision” and “collisions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,017
- “collision” frequency rank
- #27,735
- “collisions” frequency rank
- 38752
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | collision | collisions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Choc de deux corps, de deux véhicules… | Pluriel de collision. |
Same sound, different letters: collision vs collisions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - collision / collisions
This is the hard kind. collision and collisions are pronounced identically (\kɔ.li.zjɔ̃\) 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) - “collision” sits inside “collisions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38752, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
collision is recorded at frequency rank #11,017, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.li.zjɔ̃\. collisions is at rank #27,735, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.li.zjɔ̃\.
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 38752, this pair ranks #253,051 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of collision vs collisions
Shared letters: cilnos. Private to "collision": -. Private to "collisions": -.
"collision" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "collisions" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- collision ← ccollision · clolision · colilsion · colision · colliison · collisino · collisionn · collisoin
- collisions ← ccollisions · clolisions · colilsions · colisions · colliisons · collisinos · collisionns · collisionss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "collision" and "collisions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "collision" vs "collisions" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"collision" and "collisions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "collision" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "collisions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,051 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "collision" and "collisions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coalitions vs collisions". 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 #253,051 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.