Which to use
“frustration” and “frustrations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,164
- “frustration” frequency rank
- #26,738
- “frustrations” frequency rank
- 36902
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frustration | frustrations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte d'état mental caractérisé par un déséquilibre entre un désir ou une attente et sa réalisation. | Pluriel de frustration. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set frustration and frustrations apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. frustration and frustrations are pronounced identically (\fʁys.tʁa.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) - “frustration” sits inside “frustrations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frustration is recorded at frequency rank #10,164, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁys.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. frustrations is at rank #26,738, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁys.tʁa.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 36902, this pair ranks #266,303 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of frustration vs frustrations
Shared letters: afinorstu. Private to "frustration": -. Private to "frustrations": -.
"frustration" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVVC · "frustrations" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- frustration ← ffrustration · frrustration · frsutration · frusrtation · frusstration · frustartion · frustraiton · frustratino
- frustrations ← ffrustrations · frrustrations · frsutrations · frusrtations · frusstrations · frustartions · frustraitons · frustratinos
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering frustration vs frustrations
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “frustration” entry
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