Which to use
“interférence” and “interférences” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,367
- “interférence” frequency rank
- #26,413
- “interférences” frequency rank
- 51780
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interférence | interférences |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Phénomène dans lequel deux vibrations s’annulent en se superposant. | Pluriel de interférence. |
Same sound, different letters: interférence vs interférences
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. interférence runs 12 letters (VCCVCCVCVCCV) against interférences's 13 (VCCVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - interférence and interférences
This is the hard kind. interférence and interférences are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁɑ̃s\) 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) - “interférence” sits inside “interférences”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interférence is recorded at frequency rank #25,367, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁɑ̃s\. interférences is at rank #26,413, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fe.ʁɑ̃s\.
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 51780, this pair ranks #152,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interférence vs interférences
Shared letters: cefinrté. Private to "interférence": -. Private to "interférences": s.
"interférence" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCCV · "interférences" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "interférence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interférences" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #152,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #152,530 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.