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

#29,743
“délocalisation” frequency rank
#42,303
“délocalisations” frequency rank
72046
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature délocalisation délocalisations
Definition Action de changer le lieu d'une activité. Pluriel de délocalisation.

Same sound, different letters: délocalisation vs délocalisations

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. délocalisation runs 14 letters (CVCVCVCVCVCVVC) against délocalisations's 15 (CVCVCVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch
délocalisation
15 ch
délocalisations

Homophone desk: délocalisation vs délocalisations

This is the hard kind. délocalisation and délocalisations are pronounced identically (\de.lo.ka.li.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) - “délocalisation” sits inside “délocalisations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

délocalisation is recorded at frequency rank #29,743, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.lo.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\. délocalisations is at rank #42,303, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.lo.ka.li.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 72046, this pair ranks #45,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of délocalisation vs délocalisations

Shared letters: acdilnosté. Private to "délocalisation": -. Private to "délocalisations": -.

"délocalisation" · 14 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVCVVC  ·  "délocalisations" · 15 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVCVVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "délocalisation" for "délocalisations" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\de.lo.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "délocalisation" or "délocalisations"?
"délocalisation" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,743 in our French list, against #42,303 for "délocalisations". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "délocalisation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "délocalisations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #45,411 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list