Which to use
“interception” and “interceptions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,904
- “interception” frequency rank
- #28,211
- “interceptions” frequency rank
- 51115
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interception | interceptions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’intercepter ou résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de interception. |
Same sound, different letters: interception vs interceptions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - interception and interceptions
This is the hard kind. interception and interceptions are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.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) - “interception” sits inside “interceptions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interception is recorded at frequency rank #22,904, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃\. interceptions is at rank #28,211, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.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 51115, this pair ranks #157,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interception vs interceptions
Shared letters: ceinoprt. Private to "interception": -. Private to "interceptions": s.
"interception" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVC · "interceptions" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interception ← inetrception · innterception · intecreption · intercception · intercepiton · intercepption · interceptino · interceptionn
- interceptions ← inetrceptions · innterceptions · intecreptions · intercceptions · intercepitons · intercepptions · interceptinos · interceptionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "interception" for "interceptions" ever safe?
Which is more common, "interception" or "interceptions"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "interception" / "interceptions". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "interception" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interceptions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interception" and "interceptions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interception vs intercession". 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 #157,465 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.