Which to use
“malédiction” and “malédictions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,193
- “malédiction” frequency rank
- #49,781
- “malédictions” frequency rank
- 61974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malédiction | malédictions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de maudire ; résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de malédiction. |
Same sound, different letters: malédiction vs malédictions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. malédiction runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCCVVC) against malédictions's 12 (CVCVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - malédiction / malédictions
This is the hard kind. malédiction and malédictions are pronounced identically (\ma.le.dik.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) - “malédiction” sits inside “malédictions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malédiction is recorded at frequency rank #12,193, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.le.dik.sjɔ̃\. malédictions is at rank #49,781, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.le.dik.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 61974, this pair ranks #89,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of malédiction vs malédictions
Shared letters: acdilmnoté. Private to "malédiction": -. Private to "malédictions": s.
"malédiction" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVVC · "malédictions" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "malédiction" and "malédictions" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "malédiction" or "malédictions"?
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 "malédiction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "malédictions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #89,484 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.