Which to use
“infraction” and “infractions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,073
- “infraction” frequency rank
- #9,338
- “infractions” frequency rank
- 16411
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infraction | infractions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Transgression, contravention, violation d’une loi, d’un ordre, d’un engagement, etc. | Pluriel de infraction. |
Same sound, different letters: infraction vs infractions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. infraction runs 10 letters (VCCCVCCVVC) against infractions's 11 (VCCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - infraction / infractions
This is the hard kind. infraction and infractions are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.fʁak.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) - “infraction” sits inside “infractions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16411, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infraction is recorded at frequency rank #7,073, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fʁak.sjɔ̃\. infractions is at rank #9,338, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fʁak.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 16411, this pair ranks #387,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of infraction vs infractions
Shared letters: acfinort. Private to "infraction": -. Private to "infractions": s.
"infraction" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC · "infractions" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- infraction ← ifnraction · infarction · inffraction · infracction · infraciton · infractino · infractionn · infractoin
- infractions ← ifnractions · infarctions · inffractions · infracctions · infracitons · infractinos · infractionns · infractionss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "infraction" and "infractions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "infraction" vs "infractions" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "infraction" / "infractions". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "infraction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infractions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infraction" and "infractions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inaction vs infraction". 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 #387,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.