Which to use
“érection” and “érections” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,290
- “érection” frequency rank
- #45,397
- “érections” frequency rank
- 57687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | érection | érections |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’ériger un monument. | Pluriel de érection. |
Same sound, different letters: érection vs érections
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. érection runs 8 letters (VCVCCVVC) against érections's 9 (VCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: érection vs érections
This is the hard kind. érection and érections are pronounced identically (\e.ʁɛk.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) - “érection” sits inside “érections”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
érection is recorded at frequency rank #12,290, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\. érections is at rank #45,397, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ʁɛk.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 57687, this pair ranks #113,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of érection vs érections
Shared letters: ceinorté. Private to "érection": -. Private to "érections": s.
"érection" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "érections" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "érection" and "érections" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "érection" vs "érections" - which ranks higher?
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 "érection" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "érections" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "érection" and "érections" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éjection vs érections". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #113,527 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.