Which to use
“conviction” and “convictions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,071
- “conviction” frequency rank
- #7,808
- “convictions” frequency rank
- 13879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conviction | convictions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Effet qu’une preuve évidente produit dans l’esprit, certitude que l’on a de la vérité d’un fait, d’un principe. | Pluriel de conviction. |
Same sound, different letters: conviction vs convictions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Homophone desk: conviction vs convictions
This is the hard kind. conviction and convictions are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.vik.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) - “conviction” sits inside “convictions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conviction is recorded at frequency rank #6,071, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vik.sjɔ̃\. convictions is at rank #7,808, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vik.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 13879, this pair ranks #399,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conviction vs convictions
Shared letters: cinotv. Private to "conviction": -. Private to "convictions": s.
"conviction" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "convictions" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conviction ← cconviction · cnoviction · conivction · connviction · convcition · convicction · conviciton · convictino
- convictions ← cconvictions · cnovictions · conivctions · connvictions · convcitions · convicctions · convicitons · convictinos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conviction" and "convictions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "conviction" or "convictions"?
After this comparison
"conviction" and "convictions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "conviction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convictions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conviction" and "convictions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convection vs convictions". 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 #399,162 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.