Which to use
“dégustation” and “dégustations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,361
- “dégustation” frequency rank
- #36,816
- “dégustations” frequency rank
- 50177
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégustation | dégustations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de déguster. | Pluriel de dégustation. |
Same sound, different letters: dégustation vs dégustations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - dégustation and dégustations
This is the hard kind. dégustation and dégustations are pronounced identically (\de.ɡys.ta.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) - “dégustation” sits inside “dégustations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégustation is recorded at frequency rank #13,361, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.ɡys.ta.sjɔ̃\. dégustations is at rank #36,816, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.ɡys.ta.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 50177, this pair ranks #164,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dégustation vs dégustations
Shared letters: adginostué. Private to "dégustation": -. Private to "dégustations": -.
"dégustation" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC · "dégustations" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dégustation" and "dégustations" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dégustation" vs "dégustations" - which ranks higher?
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 "dégustation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dégustations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégustation" and "dégustations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégustation vs dévastation". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #164,682 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.