Which to use
“incitations” and “irritations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,050
- “incitations” frequency rank
- #49,168
- “irritations” frequency rank
- 75218
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incitations | irritations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de incitation. | Pluriel de irritation. |
Where the eye mixes incitations and irritations
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. incitations and irritations follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: incitations vs irritations
A purely visual mix-up. incitations (\ɛ̃.si.ta.sjɔ̃\) and irritations (\i.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75218, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incitations is recorded at frequency rank #26,050, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.si.ta.sjɔ̃\. irritations is at rank #49,168, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.ʁi.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 75218, this pair ranks #34,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incitations vs irritations
Shared letters: ainost. Private to "incitations": c. Private to "irritations": r.
"incitations" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC · "irritations" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incitations ← icnitations · inccitations · inciattions · incitaitons · incitatinos · incitationns · incitationss · incitatiosn
- irritations ← irirtations · iritations · irriattions · irritaitons · irritatinos · irritationns · irritationss · irritatiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "incitations" and "irritations" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "incitations" or "irritations"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "incitations" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "irritations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incitations" and "irritations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imitations vs irritations". 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 #34,740 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.