Which to use
“fondation” and “fondations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,576
- “fondation” frequency rank
- #9,317
- “fondations” frequency rank
- 11893
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fondation | fondations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de fonder, de bâtir la base de quelque chose ; commencement de quelque chose de durable. | Pluriel de fondation. |
Same sound, different letters: fondation vs fondations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. fondation runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against fondations's 10 (CVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - fondation and fondations
This is the hard kind. fondation and fondations are pronounced identically (\fɔ̃.da.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) - “fondation” sits inside “fondations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11893, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fondation is recorded at frequency rank #2,576, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\. fondations is at rank #9,317, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃.da.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 11893, this pair ranks #407,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fondation vs fondations
Shared letters: adfinot. Private to "fondation": -. Private to "fondations": s.
"fondation" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "fondations" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fondation ← ffondation · fnodation · fodnation · fonadtion · fondaiton · fondatino · fondationn · fondatoin
- fondations ← ffondations · fnodations · fodnations · fonadtions · fondaitons · fondatinos · fondationns · fondationss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fondation" and "fondations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fondation" vs "fondations" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"fondation" and "fondations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fondation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fondations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fondation" and "fondations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fondations vs foundation". 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 #407,396 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.