Which to use
“consultation” and “consultations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,657
- “consultation” frequency rank
- #10,299
- “consultations” frequency rank
- 14956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consultation | consultations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Conférence que l’on tient pour consulter sur quelque affaire ou sur une maladie. | Pluriel de consultation. |
Same sound, different letters: consultation vs consultations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - consultation / consultations
This is the hard kind. consultation and consultations are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.syl.ta.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) - “consultation” sits inside “consultations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consultation is recorded at frequency rank #4,657, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.syl.ta.sjɔ̃\. consultations is at rank #10,299, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.syl.ta.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 14956, this pair ranks #394,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of consultation vs consultations
Shared letters: acilnostu. Private to "consultation": -. Private to "consultations": -.
"consultation" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVVC · "consultations" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- consultation ← cconsultation · cnosultation · connsultation · conslutation · conssultation · consulattion · consulltation · consultaiton
- consultations ← cconsultations · cnosultations · connsultations · conslutations · conssultations · consulattions · consulltations · consultaitons
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "consultation" and "consultations" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "consultation" vs "consultations" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "consultation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consultations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consultation" and "consultations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "constatations vs consultations". 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 #394,480 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.