Which to use
“manifestation” and “manifestations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,836
- “manifestation” frequency rank
- #2,837
- “manifestations” frequency rank
- 5673
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manifestation | manifestations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de rendre perceptible, de faire connaître ce qui est caché. | Pluriel de manifestation. |
Same sound, different letters: manifestation vs manifestations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. manifestation runs 13 letters (CVCVCVCCVCVVC) against manifestations's 14 (CVCVCVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - manifestation and manifestations
This is the hard kind. manifestation and manifestations are pronounced identically (\ma.ni.fɛs.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) - “manifestation” sits inside “manifestations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5673, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manifestation is recorded at frequency rank #2,836, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ni.fɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\. manifestations is at rank #2,837, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ni.fɛs.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 5673, this pair ranks #428,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manifestation vs manifestations
Shared letters: aefimnost. Private to "manifestation": -. Private to "manifestations": -.
"manifestation" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVVC · "manifestations" · 14 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manifestation ← amnifestation · mainfestation · manfiestation · maniefstation · manifesattion · manifesstation · manifestaiton · manifestatino
- manifestations ← amnifestations · mainfestations · manfiestations · maniefstations · manifesattions · manifesstations · manifestaitons · manifestatinos
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "manifestation" and "manifestations" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "manifestation" vs "manifestations" - which ranks higher?
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 "manifestation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manifestations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #428,371 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.