Which to use
“interdiction” and “interdictions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,338
- “interdiction” frequency rank
- #20,473
- “interdictions” frequency rank
- 23811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interdiction | interdictions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’interdire. | Pluriel de interdiction. |
Same sound, different letters: interdiction vs interdictions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - interdiction and interdictions
This is the hard kind. interdiction and interdictions are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dik.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) - “interdiction” sits inside “interdictions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interdiction is recorded at frequency rank #3,338, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dik.sjɔ̃\. interdictions is at rank #20,473, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dik.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 23811, this pair ranks #350,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of interdiction vs interdictions
Shared letters: cdeinort. Private to "interdiction": -. Private to "interdictions": s.
"interdiction" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVC · "interdictions" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interdiction ← inetrdiction · innterdiction · intedriction · interdcition · interddiction · interdicction · interdiciton · interdictino
- interdictions ← inetrdictions · innterdictions · intedrictions · interdcitions · interddictions · interdicctions · interdicitons · interdictinos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interdiction" and "interdictions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "interdiction" vs "interdictions" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "interdiction" / "interdictions". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "interdiction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interdictions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #350,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interdiction" and "interdictions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interdictions vs intersections". 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 #350,316 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.