Which to use
“incantation” and “incantations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,835
- “incantation” frequency rank
- #44,500
- “incantations” frequency rank
- 86335
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incantation | incantations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de faire des enchantements, par des paroles, pour opérer un charme, un sortilège. | Pluriel de incantation. |
Same sound, different letters: incantation vs incantations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - incantation and incantations
This is the hard kind. incantation and incantations are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.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) - “incantation” sits inside “incantations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incantation is recorded at frequency rank #41,835, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. incantations is at rank #44,500, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.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 86335, this pair ranks #9,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incantation vs incantations
Shared letters: acinot. Private to "incantation": -. Private to "incantations": s.
"incantation" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC · "incantations" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incantation ← icnantation · inacntation · incanattion · incanntation · incantaiton · incantatino · incantationn · incantatoin
- incantations ← icnantations · inacntations · incanattions · incanntations · incantaitons · incantatinos · incantationns · incantationss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "incantation" and "incantations" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "incantation" vs "incantations" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"incantation" and "incantations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "incantation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incantations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incantation" and "incantations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incantations vs incitations". 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 #9,859 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.