Which to use
“configuration” and “configurations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,946
- “configuration” frequency rank
- #24,916
- “configurations” frequency rank
- 32862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | configuration | configurations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Disposition des différents éléments d’un tout. | Pluriel de configuration. |
Same sound, different letters: configuration vs configurations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. configuration runs 13 letters (CVCCVCVCVCVVC) against configurations's 14 (CVCCVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: configuration vs configurations
This is the hard kind. configuration and configurations are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.fi.ɡy.ʁa.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) - “configuration” sits inside “configurations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
configuration is recorded at frequency rank #7,946, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. configurations is at rank #24,916, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.fi.ɡy.ʁa.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 32862, this pair ranks #294,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of configuration vs configurations
Shared letters: acfginortu. Private to "configuration": -. Private to "configurations": s.
"configuration" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVVC · "configurations" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- configuration ← cconfiguration · cnofiguration · cofniguration · conffiguration · confgiuration · configguration · configruation · configuartion
- configurations ← cconfigurations · cnofigurations · cofnigurations · conffigurations · confgiurations · configgurations · configruations · configuartions
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "configuration" and "configurations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "configuration" or "configurations"?
Useful next steps
"configuration" and "configurations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "configuration" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "configurations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,470 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 #294,470 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.