Which to use
“interaction” and “interactions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,180
- “interaction” frequency rank
- #9,339
- “interactions” frequency rank
- 18519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interaction | interactions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action ou influence réciproque qui peut s’établir entre deux objets ou plus. | Pluriel de interaction. |
Same sound, different letters: interaction vs interactions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Homophone desk: interaction vs interactions
This is the hard kind. interaction and interactions are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.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) - “interaction” sits inside “interactions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interaction is recorded at frequency rank #9,180, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.sjɔ̃\. interactions is at rank #9,339, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.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 18519, this pair ranks #377,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of interaction vs interactions
Shared letters: aceinort. Private to "interaction": -. Private to "interactions": s.
"interaction" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVVC · "interactions" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interaction ← inetraction · innteraction · intearction · interacction · interaciton · interactino · interactionn · interactoin
- interactions ← inetractions · innteractions · intearctions · interacctions · interacitons · interactinos · interactionns · interactionss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "interaction" for "interactions" ever safe?
Frequency check: "interaction" vs "interactions" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"interaction" and "interactions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "interaction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interactions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interaction" and "interactions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interactifs vs interactions". 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 #377,895 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.