Which to use
“législation” and “législations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,777
- “législation” frequency rank
- #23,271
- “législations” frequency rank
- 28048
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | législation | législations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Droit de faire les lois. | Pluriel de législation. |
Same sound, different letters: législation vs législations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. législation runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCVVC) against législations's 12 (CVCVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - législation / législations
This is the hard kind. législation and législations are pronounced identically (\le.ʒi.sla.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) - “législation” sits inside “législations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
législation is recorded at frequency rank #4,777, classified as anoun, pronounced \le.ʒi.sla.sjɔ̃\. législations is at rank #23,271, tagged as anoun, pronounced \le.ʒis.la.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 28048, this pair ranks #325,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of législation vs législations
Shared letters: agilnosté. Private to "législation": -. Private to "législations": -.
"législation" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC · "législations" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "législation" for "législations" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "législation" / "législations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "législation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "législations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #325,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "législation" and "législations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "législatifs vs législations". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #325,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.