Which to use
“comparaison” and “comparaisons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,912
- “comparaison” frequency rank
- #13,136
- “comparaisons” frequency rank
- 16048
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comparaison | comparaisons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de comparer, de chercher les ressemblances ou les différences qui peuvent exister entre deux personnes ou deux choses. | Pluriel de comparaison. |
Same sound, different letters: comparaison vs comparaisons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - comparaison / comparaisons
This is the hard kind. comparaison and comparaisons are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.zɔ̃\) 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) - “comparaison” sits inside “comparaisons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comparaison is recorded at frequency rank #2,912, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.zɔ̃\. comparaisons is at rank #13,136, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.zɔ̃\.
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 16048, this pair ranks #389,631 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comparaison vs comparaisons
Shared letters: acimnoprs. Private to "comparaison": -. Private to "comparaisons": -.
"comparaison" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC · "comparaisons" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comparaison ← ccomparaison · cmoparaison · comapraison · commparaison · compaarison · comparaiosn · comparaisno · comparaisonn
- comparaisons ← ccomparaisons · cmoparaisons · comapraisons · commparaisons · compaarisons · comparaiosns · comparaisnos · comparaisonns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comparaison" and "comparaisons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "comparaison" or "comparaisons"?
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 "comparaison" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comparaisons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,631 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 #389,631 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.