débordement vs débordements

Which to use

“débordement” and “débordements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,814
“débordement” frequency rank: #19,815
“débordements” frequency rank: 39629
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	débordement	débordements
Definition	Action de déborder.	Pluriel de débordement.

Same sound, different letters: débordement vs débordements

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. débordement runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCVCC) against débordements's 12 (CVCVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch

débordement

12 ch

débordements

Ear matches; page differs - débordement and débordements

This is the hard kind. débordement and débordements are pronounced identically (\de.bɔʁ.də.mɑ̃\) 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) - “débordement” sits inside “débordements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39629, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

débordement is recorded at frequency rank #19,814, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.bɔʁ.də.mɑ̃\. débordements is at rank #19,815, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.bɔʁ.də.mɑ̃\.

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 39629, this pair ranks #246,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of débordement vs débordements

Shared letters: bdemnorté. Private to "débordement": -. Private to "débordements": s.

"débordement" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCC · "débordements" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "débordement" and "débordements" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\de.bɔʁ.də.mɑ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "débordement" vs "débordements" - which ranks higher?

"débordement" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,814 in our French list, against #19,815 for "débordements". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"débordement" and "débordements" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

Full dictionary entry for "débordement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "débordements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #246,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"débordement" and "débordements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débordement vs débordent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #246,561 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.