Which to use
“échéance” and “échéances” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,419
- “échéance” frequency rank
- #21,511
- “échéances” frequency rank
- 30930
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | échéance | échéances |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Terme où échoit le paiement d’une chose due. | Pluriel de échéance. |
Same sound, different letters: échéance vs échéances
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. échéance runs 8 letters (VCCVVCCV) against échéances's 9 (VCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - échéance / échéances
This is the hard kind. échéance and échéances are pronounced identically (\e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\) 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) - “échéance” sits inside “échéances”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30930, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
échéance is recorded at frequency rank #9,419, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\. échéances is at rank #21,511, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\.
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 30930, this pair ranks #307,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of échéance vs échéances
Shared letters: acehné. Private to "échéance": -. Private to "échéances": s.
"échéance" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV · "échéances" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "échéance" and "échéances" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "échéance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "échéances" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "échéance" and "échéances" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échéances vs échéancier". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #307,080 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.