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“constellation” and “constellations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,486
- “constellation” frequency rank
- #28,891
- “constellations” frequency rank
- 48377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | constellation | constellations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Groupe d’un certain nombre d’étoiles qui dessine sur la voûte céleste une figure que l’imagination des Anciens croyait reconnaitre. | Pluriel de constellation. |
Same sound, different letters: constellation vs constellations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - constellation / constellations
This is the hard kind. constellation and constellations are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃s.tɛ.la.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) - “constellation” sits inside “constellations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
constellation is recorded at frequency rank #19,486, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃s.tɛ.la.sjɔ̃\. constellations is at rank #28,891, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃s.tɛ.la.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 48377, this pair ranks #179,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of constellation vs constellations
Shared letters: aceilnost. Private to "constellation": -. Private to "constellations": -.
"constellation" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCVVC · "constellations" · 14 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- constellation ← cconstellation · cnostellation · connstellation · consetllation · consstellation · constelaltion · constelation · constellaiton
- constellations ← cconstellations · cnostellations · connstellations · consetllations · consstellations · constelaltions · constelations · constellaitons
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "constellation" and "constellations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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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 "constellation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "constellations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #179,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "constellation" and "constellations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "constellation vs consternation". 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 #179,415 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.