introduction vs introductions

Which to use

“introduction” and “introductions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,080
“introduction” frequency rank: #40,332
“introductions” frequency rank: 43412
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	introduction	introductions
Definition	Action d’introduire, de faire entrer une chose dans une autre.	Pluriel de introduction.

Same sound, different letters: introduction vs introductions

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.

12 ch

introduction

13 ch

introductions

Ear matches; page differs - introduction and introductions

This is the hard kind. introduction and introductions are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dyk.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) - “introduction” sits inside “introductions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43412, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

introduction is recorded at frequency rank #3,080, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dyk.sjɔ̃\. introductions is at rank #40,332, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃t.ʁɔ.dyk.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 43412, this pair ranks #218,256 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of introduction vs introductions

Shared letters: cdinortu. Private to "introduction": -. Private to "introductions": s.

"introduction" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVVC · "introductions" · 13 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

introduction ← inntroduction · inrtoduction · intorduction · intrdouction · introdcution · introdduction · introducction · introduciton
introductions ← inntroductions · inrtoductions · intorductions · intrdouctions · introdcutions · introdductions · introducctions · introducitons

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "introduction" and "introductions" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dyk.sjɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "introduction" vs "introductions" - which ranks higher?

"introduction" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,080 in our French list, against #40,332 for "introductions". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "introduction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "introductions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #218,256 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 #218,256 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.