Which to use
“intimidation” and “intimidations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,170
- “intimidation” frequency rank
- #46,826
- “intimidations” frequency rank
- 61996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intimidation | intimidations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’intimider. | Pluriel de intimidation. |
Same sound, different letters: intimidation vs intimidations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. intimidation runs 12 letters (VCCVCVCVCVVC) against intimidations's 13 (VCCVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - intimidation / intimidations
This is the hard kind. intimidation and intimidations are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.ti.mi.da.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) - “intimidation” sits inside “intimidations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intimidation is recorded at frequency rank #15,170, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.ti.mi.da.sjɔ̃\. intimidations is at rank #46,826, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.ti.mi.da.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 61996, this pair ranks #89,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of intimidation vs intimidations
Shared letters: adimnot. Private to "intimidation": -. Private to "intimidations": s.
"intimidation" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVVC · "intimidations" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intimidation ← initmidation · inntimidation · intiimdation · intimdiation · intimiadtion · intimidaiton · intimidatino · intimidationn
- intimidations ← initmidations · inntimidations · intiimdations · intimdiations · intimiadtions · intimidaitons · intimidatinos · intimidationns
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"intimidation" and "intimidations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "intimidation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intimidations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #89,390 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.