Which to use
“irrigation” and “irritations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,915
- “irrigation” frequency rank
- #49,168
- “irritations” frequency rank
- 65083
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | irrigation | irritations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de distribuer artificiellement de l’eau sur des terres agricoles afin de favoriser la croissance des plantes, au moyen de canaux, de rigoles, de systèmes d’aspersion ou de goutte-à-goutte. | Pluriel de irritation. |
Where the eye mixes irrigation and irritations
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. irrigation runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVVC) against irritations's 11 (VCCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses irrigation with irritations
A purely visual mix-up. irrigation (\i.ʁi.ɡa.sjɔ̃\) and irritations (\i.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
irrigation is recorded at frequency rank #15,915, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.ʁi.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. irritations is at rank #49,168, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.ʁi.ta.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 65083, this pair ranks #73,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of irrigation vs irritations
Shared letters: ainort. Private to "irrigation": g. Private to "irritations": s.
"irrigation" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "irritations" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- irrigation ← irigation · irirgation · irrgiation · irriagtion · irrigaiton · irrigatino · irrigationn · irrigatoin
- irritations ← irirtations · iritations · irriattions · irritaitons · irritatinos · irritationns · irritationss · irritatiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "irrigation" and "irritations" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "irrigation" or "irritations"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "irrigation" and "irritations" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "irrigation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "irritations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "irrigation" and "irritations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imitations vs irritations". 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 #73,922 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.