Which to use
“inspection” and “inspections” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,206
- “inspection” frequency rank
- #26,062
- “inspections” frequency rank
- 32268
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inspection | inspections |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’examiner avec attention ; observation. | Pluriel de inspection. |
Same sound, different letters: inspection vs inspections
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. inspection runs 10 letters (VCCCVCCVVC) against inspections's 11 (VCCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - inspection and inspections
This is the hard kind. inspection and inspections are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃s.pɛk.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) - “inspection” sits inside “inspections”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32268, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inspection is recorded at frequency rank #6,206, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃\. inspections is at rank #26,062, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃s.pɛk.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 32268, this pair ranks #298,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inspection vs inspections
Shared letters: ceinopst. Private to "inspection": -. Private to "inspections": -.
"inspection" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC · "inspections" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inspection ← innspection · inpsection · insepction · inspcetion · inspecction · inspeciton · inspectino · inspectionn
- inspections ← innspections · inpsections · insepctions · inspcetions · inspecctions · inspecitons · inspectinos · inspectionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inspection" for "inspections" ever safe?
Frequency check: "inspection" vs "inspections" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"inspection" and "inspections" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "inspection" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inspections" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inspection" and "inspections" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "injections vs inspections". 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 #298,372 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.