Which to use
“communication” and “communications” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,287
- “communication” frequency rank
- #3,829
- “communications” frequency rank
- 5116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | communication | communications |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Processus de transmission d’informations, d’idées, de messages ou de symboles entre un ou plusieurs acteurs à travers un canal, dans un contexte donné. | Pluriel de communication. |
Same sound, different letters: communication vs communications
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - communication / communications
This is the hard kind. communication and communications are pronounced identically (\kɔ.my.ni.ka.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) - “communication” sits inside “communications”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
communication is recorded at frequency rank #1,287, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\. communications is at rank #3,829, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.my.ni.ka.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 5116, this pair ranks #429,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of communication vs communications
Shared letters: acimnotu. Private to "communication": -. Private to "communications": s.
"communication" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVVC · "communications" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- communication ← ccommunication · cmomunication · commnuication · commuincation · communciation · communiaction · communicaiton · communicatino
- communications ← ccommunications · cmomunications · commnuications · commuincations · communciations · communiactions · communicaitons · communicatinos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "communication" and "communications" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "communication" vs "communications" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "communication" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "communications" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #429,855 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.