Which to use
“intersection” and “intersections” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,236
- “intersection” frequency rank
- #29,826
- “intersections” frequency rank
- 41062
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intersection | intersections |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Le point où deux lignes se coupent l’une l’autre, la ligne où deux surfaces se coupent réciproquement. | Pluriel de intersection. |
Same sound, different letters: intersection vs intersections
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - intersection / intersections
This is the hard kind. intersection and intersections are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛk.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) - “intersection” sits inside “intersections”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intersection is recorded at frequency rank #11,236, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛk.sjɔ̃\. intersections is at rank #29,826, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛk.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 41062, this pair ranks #235,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intersection vs intersections
Shared letters: ceinorst. Private to "intersection": -. Private to "intersections": -.
"intersection" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVC · "intersections" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intersection ← inetrsection · inntersection · interesction · interrsection · interscetion · intersecction · interseciton · intersectino
- intersections ← inetrsections · inntersections · interesctions · interrsections · interscetions · intersecctions · intersecitons · intersectinos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intersection" and "intersections" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "intersection" or "intersections" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "intersection" / "intersections". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "intersection" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intersections" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intersection" and "intersections" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interceptions 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 #235,812 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.