Which to use
“confusion” and “confusions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,927
- “confusion” frequency rank
- #30,535
- “confusions” frequency rank
- 35462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confusion | confusions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État de ce qui est confus, en parlant des choses physiques et des choses morales. | Pluriel de confusion. |
Same sound, different letters: confusion vs confusions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. confusion runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against confusions's 10 (CVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: confusion vs confusions
This is the hard kind. confusion and confusions are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.fy.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) - “confusion” sits inside “confusions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confusion is recorded at frequency rank #4,927, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.fy.zjɔ̃\. confusions is at rank #30,535, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.fy.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 35462, this pair ranks #276,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confusion vs confusions
Shared letters: cfinosu. Private to "confusion": -. Private to "confusions": -.
"confusion" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "confusions" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- confusion ← cconfusion · cnofusion · cofnusion · conffusion · confsuion · confuison · confusino · confusionn
- confusions ← cconfusions · cnofusions · cofnusions · conffusions · confsuions · confuisons · confusinos · confusionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "confusion" for "confusions" ever safe?
Which is more common, "confusion" or "confusions"?
What to do next
"confusion" and "confusions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "confusion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confusions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #276,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confusion" and "confusions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confusions vs contusion". 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 #276,593 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.