Which to use
“cotisation” and “cotisations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,631
- “cotisation” frequency rank
- #6,073
- “cotisations” frequency rank
- 15704
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cotisation | cotisations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de se cotiser pour un usage collectif. | Pluriel de cotisation. |
Same sound, different letters: cotisation vs cotisations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - cotisation / cotisations
This is the hard kind. cotisation and cotisations are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ti.za.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) - “cotisation” sits inside “cotisations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15704, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cotisation is recorded at frequency rank #9,631, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ti.za.sjɔ̃\. cotisations is at rank #6,073, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ti.za.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 15704, this pair ranks #391,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cotisation vs cotisations
Shared letters: acinost. Private to "cotisation": -. Private to "cotisations": -.
"cotisation" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "cotisations" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cotisation ← ccotisation · coitsation · cotiastion · cotisaiton · cotisatino · cotisationn · cotisatoin · cotisattion
- cotisations ← ccotisations · coitsations · cotiastions · cotisaitons · cotisatinos · cotisationns · cotisationss · cotisatiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cotisation" for "cotisations" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cotisation" or "cotisations"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cotisation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cotisations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cotisation" and "cotisations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cotation vs cotisation". 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 #391,186 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.