Which to use
“édition” and “éditions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,015
- “édition” frequency rank
- #3,176
- “éditions” frequency rank
- 4191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | édition | éditions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Impression, publication et diffusion d’une œuvre artistique (livre, musique, objet d’art, etc). soit qu’elle paraisse pour la première fois, soit qu’elle ait déjà été imprimée ; ou les séries successives des exemplaires qu’on imprime pour cette publication. | Pluriel de édition. |
Same sound, different letters: édition vs éditions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: édition vs éditions
This is the hard kind. édition and éditions are pronounced identically (\e.di.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) - “édition” sits inside “éditions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
édition is recorded at frequency rank #1,015, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.di.sjɔ̃\. éditions is at rank #3,176, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.di.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 4191, this pair ranks #432,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of édition vs éditions
Shared letters: dinoté. Private to "édition": -. Private to "éditions": s.
"édition" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "éditions" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"édition" and "éditions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "édition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "éditions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "édition" and "éditions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "édition vs edito". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #432,227 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.