Which to use
“correspondance” and “correspondances” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,234
- “correspondance” frequency rank
- #14,893
- “correspondances” frequency rank
- 20127
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | correspondance | correspondances |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relation de conformité. | Pluriel de correspondance. |
Same sound, different letters: correspondance vs correspondances
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. correspondance runs 14 letters (CVCCVCCVCCVCCV) against correspondances's 15 (CVCCVCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - correspondance / correspondances
This is the hard kind. correspondance and correspondances are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃s\) 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) - “correspondance” sits inside “correspondances”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20127, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
correspondance is recorded at frequency rank #5,234, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃s\. correspondances is at rank #14,893, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃s\.
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 20127, this pair ranks #369,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of correspondance vs correspondances
Shared letters: acdenoprs. Private to "correspondance": -. Private to "correspondances": -.
"correspondance" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVCCV · "correspondances" · 15 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- correspondance ← ccorrespondance · corerspondance · corespondance · correpsondance · corresopndance · correspnodance · correspodnance · corresponadnce
- correspondances ← ccorrespondances · corerspondances · corespondances · correpsondances · corresopndances · correspnodances · correspodnances · corresponadnces
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "correspondance" and "correspondances" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "correspondance" or "correspondances" show up more?
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 "correspondance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "correspondances" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "correspondance" and "correspondances" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "correspondances vs correspondantes". 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 #369,824 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.