Which to use
“contrefaçon” and “contrefaçons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,840
- “contrefaçon” frequency rank
- #35,880
- “contrefaçons” frequency rank
- 51720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contrefaçon | contrefaçons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Copie, imitation, fabrication d’une chose au préjudice de son auteur, de son inventeur, de celui qui a le droit exclusif de la faire, de la fabriquer, de la vendre. | Pluriel de contrefaçon. |
Same sound, different letters: contrefaçon vs contrefaçons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - contrefaçon and contrefaçons
This is the hard kind. contrefaçon and contrefaçons are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tʁə.fa.sɔ̃\) 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) - “contrefaçon” sits inside “contrefaçons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51720, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contrefaçon is recorded at frequency rank #15,840, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁə.fa.sɔ̃\. contrefaçons is at rank #35,880, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁə.fa.sɔ̃\.
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 51720, this pair ranks #152,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contrefaçon vs contrefaçons
Shared letters: acefnortç. Private to "contrefaçon": -. Private to "contrefaçons": s.
"contrefaçon" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC · "contrefaçons" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "contrefaçon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contrefaçons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #152,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #152,942 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.