Which to use
“intoxication” and “intoxications” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,461
- “intoxication” frequency rank
- #41,351
- “intoxications” frequency rank
- 58812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intoxication | intoxications |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’intoxiquer ou résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de intoxication. |
Same sound, different letters: intoxication vs intoxications
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. intoxication runs 12 letters (VCCVCVCVCVVC) against intoxications's 13 (VCCVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - intoxication / intoxications
This is the hard kind. intoxication and intoxications are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɔk.si.ka.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) - “intoxication” sits inside “intoxications”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intoxication is recorded at frequency rank #17,461, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɔk.si.ka.sjɔ̃\. intoxications is at rank #41,351, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɔk.si.ka.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 58812, this pair ranks #106,766 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of intoxication vs intoxications
Shared letters: acinotx. Private to "intoxication": -. Private to "intoxications": s.
"intoxication" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVVC · "intoxications" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intoxication ← inntoxication · inotxication · intoixcation · intoxciation · intoxiaction · intoxicaiton · intoxicatino · intoxicationn
- intoxications ← inntoxications · inotxications · intoixcations · intoxciations · intoxiactions · intoxicaitons · intoxicatinos · intoxicationns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intoxication" for "intoxications" ever safe?
Frequency check: "intoxication" vs "intoxications" - 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 "intoxication" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intoxications" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,766 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 #106,766 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.