Which to use
“explosion” and “explosions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,607
- “explosion” frequency rank
- #14,472
- “explosions” frequency rank
- 18079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | explosion | explosions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État, bruit, mouvement subit et impétueux que produisent les poudres, les mélanges de salpêtre et de soufre, certains mélanges de gaz, etc., lorsqu’ils s’enflamment. | Pluriel de explosion. |
Same sound, different letters: explosion vs explosions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: explosion vs explosions
This is the hard kind. explosion and explosions are pronounced identically (\ɛk.splo.zjɔ̃\) 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) - “explosion” sits inside “explosions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
explosion is recorded at frequency rank #3,607, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.splo.zjɔ̃\. explosions is at rank #14,472, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.splo.zjɔ̃\.
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 18079, this pair ranks #380,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of explosion vs explosions
Shared letters: eilnopsx. Private to "explosion": -. Private to "explosions": -.
"explosion" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "explosions" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- explosion ← epxlosion · exlposion · expllosion · exploison · explosino · explosionn · explosoin · explossion
- explosions ← epxlosions · exlposions · expllosions · exploisons · explosinos · explosionns · explosionss · explosiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "explosion" and "explosions" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "explosion" or "explosions" show up more?
What to do next
"explosion" and "explosions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "explosion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "explosions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "explosion" and "explosions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exclusions vs explosions". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #380,106 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.