Which to use
“exécution” and “exécutions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,922
- “exécution” frequency rank
- #14,932
- “exécutions” frequency rank
- 17854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exécution | exécutions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’exécuter quelque chose. | Pluriel de exécution. |
Where the eye mixes exécution and exécutions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses exécution with exécutions
A purely visual mix-up. exécution (\ɛɡ.ze.ky.sjɔ̃\) and exécutions (\eɡ.ze.ky.sjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exécution” sits inside “exécutions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exécution is recorded at frequency rank #2,922, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.ze.ky.sjɔ̃\. exécutions is at rank #14,932, tagged as anoun, pronounced \eɡ.ze.ky.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 17854, this pair ranks #381,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exécution vs exécutions
Shared letters: ceinotuxé. Private to "exécution": -. Private to "exécutions": s.
"exécution" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "exécutions" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exécution" for "exécutions" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "exécution" or "exécutions" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exécution" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exécutions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exécution" and "exécutions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "érections vs exécutions". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #381,141 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.