Which to use
“liaison” and “liaisons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,691
- “liaison” frequency rank
- #9,867
- “liaisons” frequency rank
- 13558
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | liaison | liaisons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Union ou jonction de plusieurs corps ensemble. | Pluriel de liaison. |
Same sound, different letters: liaison vs liaisons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. liaison runs 7 letters (CVVVCVC) against liaisons's 8 (CVVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - liaison / liaisons
This is the hard kind. liaison and liaisons are pronounced identically (\ljɛ.zɔ̃\) 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) - “liaison” sits inside “liaisons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
liaison is recorded at frequency rank #3,691, classified as anoun, pronounced \ljɛ.zɔ̃\. liaisons is at rank #9,867, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ljɛ.zɔ̃\.
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 13558, this pair ranks #400,507 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of liaison vs liaisons
Shared letters: ailnos. Private to "liaison": -. Private to "liaisons": -.
"liaison" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC · "liaisons" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "liaison" and "liaisons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "liaison" vs "liaisons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"liaison" and "liaisons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "liaison" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "liaisons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,507 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "liaison" and "liaisons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liaison vs Louison". 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 #400,507 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.