Which to use
“concentration” and “concentrations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,669
- “concentration” frequency rank
- #15,596
- “concentrations” frequency rank
- 19265
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concentration | concentrations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de regrouper en un point ou une zone ce qui était dispersé. | Pluriel de concentration. |
Same sound, different letters: concentration vs concentrations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters.
Homophone desk: concentration vs concentrations
This is the hard kind. concentration and concentrations are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.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) - “concentration” sits inside “concentrations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concentration is recorded at frequency rank #3,669, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. concentrations is at rank #15,596, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.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 19265, this pair ranks #374,112 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concentration vs concentrations
Shared letters: aceinort. Private to "concentration": -. Private to "concentrations": s.
"concentration" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCVVC · "concentrations" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concentration ← cconcentration · cnocentration · cocnentration · conccentration · concenntration · concenrtation · concentartion · concentraiton
- concentrations ← cconcentrations · cnocentrations · cocnentrations · conccentrations · concenntrations · concenrtations · concentartions · concentraitons
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concentration" and "concentrations" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "concentration" vs "concentrations" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "concentration" / "concentrations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "concentration" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concentrations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,112 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concentration" and "concentrations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concentration vs concertation". 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 #374,112 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.