Which to use
“émanation” and “émanations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,791
- “émanation” frequency rank
- #39,117
- “émanations” frequency rank
- 70908
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émanation | émanations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dégagement spontané des corps volatils contenus dans certaines substances. | Pluriel de émanation. |
Same sound, different letters: émanation vs émanations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - émanation and émanations
This is the hard kind. émanation and émanations are pronounced identically (\e.ma.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) - “émanation” sits inside “émanations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émanation is recorded at frequency rank #31,791, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ma.na.sjɔ̃\. émanations is at rank #39,117, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ma.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 70908, this pair ranks #49,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of émanation vs émanations
Shared letters: aimnoté. Private to "émanation": -. Private to "émanations": s.
"émanation" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "émanations" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "émanation" and "émanations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "émanation" or "émanations"?
What to do next
"émanation" and "émanations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "émanation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "émanations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émanation" and "émanations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émanation vs émulation". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #49,530 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.