Which to use
“discrimination” and “discriminations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,184
- “discrimination” frequency rank
- #12,948
- “discriminations” frequency rank
- 19132
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | discrimination | discriminations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Distinction précise. | Pluriel de discrimination. |
Same sound, different letters: discrimination vs discriminations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. discrimination runs 14 letters (CVCCCVCVCVCVVC) against discriminations's 15 (CVCCCVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - discrimination and discriminations
This is the hard kind. discrimination and discriminations are pronounced identically (\dis.kʁi.mi.na.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) - “discrimination” sits inside “discriminations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19132, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
discrimination is recorded at frequency rank #6,184, classified as anoun, pronounced \dis.kʁi.mi.na.sjɔ̃\. discriminations is at rank #12,948, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dis.kʁi.mi.na.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 19132, this pair ranks #374,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of discrimination vs discriminations
Shared letters: acdimnorst. Private to "discrimination": -. Private to "discriminations": -.
"discrimination" · 14 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCVVC · "discriminations" · 15 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- discrimination ← ddiscrimination · dicsrimination · disccrimination · discirmination · discriimnation · discrimiantion · discriminaiton · discriminatino
- discriminations ← ddiscriminations · dicsriminations · disccriminations · discirminations · discriimnations · discrimiantions · discriminaitons · discriminatinos
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "discrimination" and "discriminations" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "discrimination" vs "discriminations" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"discrimination" and "discriminations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "discrimination" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "discriminations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #374,827 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.