Which to use
“infiltration” and “infiltrations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,167
- “infiltration” frequency rank
- #32,855
- “infiltrations” frequency rank
- 48022
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infiltration | infiltrations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de s’infiltrer ; produit de cette action. | Pluriel de infiltration. |
Same sound, different letters: infiltration vs infiltrations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. infiltration runs 12 letters (VCCVCCCVCVVC) against infiltrations's 13 (VCCVCCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: infiltration vs infiltrations
This is the hard kind. infiltration and infiltrations are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.fil.tʁa.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) - “infiltration” sits inside “infiltrations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infiltration is recorded at frequency rank #15,167, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fil.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. infiltrations is at rank #32,855, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fil.tʁa.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 48022, this pair ranks #182,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of infiltration vs infiltrations
Shared letters: afilnort. Private to "infiltration": -. Private to "infiltrations": s.
"infiltration" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCVVC · "infiltrations" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- infiltration ← ifniltration · inffiltration · infilltration · infilrtation · infiltartion · infiltraiton · infiltratino · infiltrationn
- infiltrations ← ifniltrations · inffiltrations · infilltrations · infilrtations · infiltartions · infiltraitons · infiltratinos · infiltrationns
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "infiltration" and "infiltrations" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "infiltration" or "infiltrations" show up more?
Useful next steps
"infiltration" and "infiltrations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "infiltration" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infiltrations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #182,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #182,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.