Which to use
“interrogation” and “interrogations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,179
- “interrogation” frequency rank
- #12,401
- “interrogations” frequency rank
- 24580
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interrogation | interrogations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Question, action d’interroger. | Pluriel de interrogation. |
Same sound, different letters: interrogation vs interrogations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters.
Homophone desk: interrogation vs interrogations
This is the hard kind. interrogation and interrogations are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.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) - “interrogation” sits inside “interrogations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24580, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interrogation is recorded at frequency rank #12,179, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. interrogations is at rank #12,401, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ɡa.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 24580, this pair ranks #345,803 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of interrogation vs interrogations
Shared letters: aeginort. Private to "interrogation": -. Private to "interrogations": s.
"interrogation" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVVC · "interrogations" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interrogation ← inetrrogation · innterrogation · interogation · interorgation · interrgoation · interroagtion · interrogaiton · interrogatino
- interrogations ← inetrrogations · innterrogations · interogations · interorgations · interrgoations · interroagtions · interrogaitons · interrogatinos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "interrogation" for "interrogations" ever safe?
Frequency check: "interrogation" vs "interrogations" - which ranks higher?
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 "interrogation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interrogations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,803 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interrogation" and "interrogations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interpolation vs interrogation". 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 #345,803 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.