Which to use
“incursion” and “incursions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,009
- “incursion” frequency rank
- #24,247
- “incursions” frequency rank
- 49256
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incursion | incursions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Brusque irruption de gens de guerre sur un territoire ennemi. | Pluriel de incursion. |
Same sound, different letters: incursion vs incursions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: incursion vs incursions
This is the hard kind. incursion and incursions are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.kyʁ.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) - “incursion” sits inside “incursions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incursion is recorded at frequency rank #25,009, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.kyʁ.sjɔ̃\. incursions is at rank #24,247, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.kyʁ.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 49256, this pair ranks #172,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of incursion vs incursions
Shared letters: cinorsu. Private to "incursion": -. Private to "incursions": -.
"incursion" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "incursions" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incursion ← icnursion · inccursion · incrusion · incurison · incurrsion · incursino · incursionn · incursoin
- incursions ← icnursions · inccursions · incrusions · incurisons · incurrsions · incursinos · incursionns · incursionss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "incursion" and "incursions" be used interchangeably?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "incursion" / "incursions". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "incursion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incursions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incursion" and "incursions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incision vs incursion". 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 #172,123 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.