Which to use
“irritation” and “irritations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,021
- “irritation” frequency rank
- #49,168
- “irritations” frequency rank
- 74189
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | irritation | irritations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réaction inflammatoire locale, souvent douloureuse, affectant un tissu ou un organe exposé à un agent irritant (chimique, physique ou infectieux). | Pluriel de irritation. |
Same sound, different letters: irritation vs irritations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. irritation 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.
Homophone desk: irritation vs irritations
This is the hard kind. irritation and irritations are pronounced identically (\i.ʁi.ta.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) - “irritation” sits inside “irritations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
irritation is recorded at frequency rank #25,021, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.ʁi.ta.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 74189, this pair ranks #37,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of irritation vs irritations
Shared letters: ainort. Private to "irritation": -. Private to "irritations": s.
"irritation" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "irritations" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- irritation ← irirtation · iritation · irriattion · irritaiton · irritatino · irritationn · irritatoin · irritattion
- irritations ← irirtations · iritations · irriattions · irritaitons · irritatinos · irritationns · irritationss · irritatiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "irritation" and "irritations" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "irritation" vs "irritations" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "irritation" / "irritations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "irritation" 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 #37,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "irritation" 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 #37,939 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.