Which to use
“délégation” and “délégations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,569
- “délégation” frequency rank
- #17,413
- “délégations” frequency rank
- 21982
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délégation | délégations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de déléguer une personne. | Pluriel de délégation. |
Same sound, different letters: délégation vs délégations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. délégation runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against délégations's 11 (CVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - délégation / délégations
This is the hard kind. délégation and délégations are pronounced identically (\de.le.ɡa.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) - “délégation” sits inside “délégations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délégation is recorded at frequency rank #4,569, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.le.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. délégations is at rank #17,413, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.le.ɡa.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 21982, this pair ranks #360,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of délégation vs délégations
Shared letters: adgilnoté. Private to "délégation": -. Private to "délégations": s.
"délégation" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "délégations" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"délégation" and "délégations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "délégation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "délégations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délégation" and "délégations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délectation vs délégation". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #360,413 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.