Which to use
“intuition” and “intuitions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,020
- “intuition” frequency rank
- #36,008
- “intuitions” frequency rank
- 46028
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intuition | intuitions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vision claire et certaine de Dieu telle que les bienheureux l’ont dans le ciel. | Pluriel de intuition. |
Same sound, different letters: intuition vs intuitions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. intuition runs 9 letters (VCCVVCVVC) against intuitions's 10 (VCCVVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - intuition / intuitions
This is the hard kind. intuition and intuitions are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɥi.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) - “intuition” sits inside “intuitions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intuition is recorded at frequency rank #10,020, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɥi.sjɔ̃\. intuitions is at rank #36,008, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɥi.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 46028, this pair ranks #198,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intuition vs intuitions
Shared letters: inotu. Private to "intuition": -. Private to "intuitions": s.
"intuition" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVVC · "intuitions" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- intuition ← inntuition · intiution · inttuition · intuiiton · intuitino · intuitionn · intuitoin · intuittion
- intuitions ← inntuitions · intiutions · inttuitions · intuiitons · intuitinos · intuitionns · intuitionss · intuitiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intuition" and "intuitions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "intuition" or "intuitions" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "intuition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intuitions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intuition" and "intuitions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intentions vs intuitions". 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 #198,178 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.