Which to use
“impulsion” and “impulsions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,334
- “impulsion” frequency rank
- #22,589
- “impulsions” frequency rank
- 29923
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impulsion | impulsions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mouvement ou tendance à se mouvoir qu’un corps donne à un autre par le choc. | Pluriel de impulsion. |
Same sound, different letters: impulsion vs impulsions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. impulsion runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against impulsions's 10 (VCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - impulsion / impulsions
This is the hard kind. impulsion and impulsions are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.pyl.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) - “impulsion” sits inside “impulsions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impulsion is recorded at frequency rank #7,334, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.pyl.sjɔ̃\. impulsions is at rank #22,589, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.pyl.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 29923, this pair ranks #313,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of impulsion vs impulsions
Shared letters: ilmnopsu. Private to "impulsion": -. Private to "impulsions": -.
"impulsion" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "impulsions" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- impulsion ← immpulsion · implusion · imppulsion · impulison · impullsion · impulsino · impulsionn · impulsoin
- impulsions ← immpulsions · implusions · imppulsions · impulisons · impullsions · impulsinos · impulsionns · impulsionss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "impulsion" for "impulsions" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "impulsion" or "impulsions" show up more?
What to do next
"impulsion" and "impulsions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "impulsion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impulsions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impulsion" and "impulsions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impulsion vs impulsive". 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 #313,637 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.