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“fréquentation” and “fréquentations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,009
“fréquentation” frequency rank
#27,451
“fréquentations” frequency rank
36460
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fréquentation fréquentations
Definition Action de fréquenter ou de se fréquenter. Pluriel de fréquentation.

Same sound, different letters: fréquentation vs fréquentations

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters.

13 ch
fréquentation
14 ch
fréquentations

Homophone desk: fréquentation vs fréquentations

This is the hard kind. fréquentation and fréquentations are pronounced identically (\fʁe.kɑ̃.ta.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) - “fréquentation” sits inside “fréquentations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fréquentation is recorded at frequency rank #9,009, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁe.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. fréquentations is at rank #27,451, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁe.kɑ̃.ta.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 36460, this pair ranks #269,444 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fréquentation vs fréquentations

Shared letters: aefinoqrtué. Private to "fréquentation": -. Private to "fréquentations": s.

"fréquentation" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVCVVC  ·  "fréquentations" · 14 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVCVVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fréquentation" and "fréquentations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\fʁe.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "fréquentation" or "fréquentations" show up more?
"fréquentation" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,009 in our French list, against #27,451 for "fréquentations". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "fréquentation" / "fréquentations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fréquentation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fréquentations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #269,444 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #269,444 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list