Which to use
“injections” and “intentions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,457
- “injections” frequency rank
- #4,340
- “intentions” frequency rank
- 21797
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | injections | intentions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de injection. | Pluriel de intention. |
Where the eye mixes injections and intentions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. injections and intentions follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: injections vs intentions
A purely visual mix-up. injections (\ɛ̃.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\) and intentions (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.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 21797, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
injections is recorded at frequency rank #17,457, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. intentions is at rank #4,340, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.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 21797, this pair ranks #361,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of injections vs intentions
Shared letters: einost. Private to "injections": cj. Private to "intentions": -.
"injections" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC · "intentions" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- injections ← ijnections · inejctions · injcetions · injecctions · injecitons · injectinos · injectionns · injectionss
- intentions ← inetntions · inntentions · intenitons · intenntions · intentinos · intentionns · intentionss · intentiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "injections" and "intentions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "injections" vs "intentions" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "injections" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intentions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "injections" and "intentions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intentions vs intonations". 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 #361,376 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.