Which to use
“guérison” and “guérisons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,015
- “guérison” frequency rank
- #46,201
- “guérisons” frequency rank
- 55216
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guérison | guérisons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de guérir. | Pluriel de guérison. |
Same sound, different letters: guérison vs guérisons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. guérison runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against guérisons's 9 (CVVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - guérison and guérisons
This is the hard kind. guérison and guérisons are pronounced identically (\ɡe.ʁi.zɔ̃\) 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) - “guérison” sits inside “guérisons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guérison is recorded at frequency rank #9,015, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡe.ʁi.zɔ̃\. guérisons is at rank #46,201, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡe.ʁi.zɔ̃\.
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 55216, this pair ranks #128,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guérison vs guérisons
Shared letters: ginorsué. Private to "guérison": -. Private to "guérisons": -.
"guérison" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "guérisons" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guérison" and "guérisons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "guérison" vs "guérisons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"guérison" and "guérisons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "guérison" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guérisons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guérison" and "guérisons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grisons vs guérisons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #128,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.