Which to use
“manipulation” and “manipulations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,845
- “manipulation” frequency rank
- #14,973
- “manipulations” frequency rank
- 21818
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manipulation | manipulations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de manipuler. | Pluriel de manipulation. |
Same sound, different letters: manipulation vs manipulations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. manipulation runs 12 letters (CVCVCVCVCVVC) against manipulations's 13 (CVCVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - manipulation / manipulations
This is the hard kind. manipulation and manipulations are pronounced identically (\ma.ni.py.la.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) - “manipulation” sits inside “manipulations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manipulation is recorded at frequency rank #6,845, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ni.py.la.sjɔ̃\. manipulations is at rank #14,973, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ni.py.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 21818, this pair ranks #361,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manipulation vs manipulations
Shared letters: ailmnoptu. Private to "manipulation": -. Private to "manipulations": s.
"manipulation" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVVC · "manipulations" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manipulation ← amnipulation · mainpulation · manipluation · manippulation · manipualtion · manipulaiton · manipulatino · manipulationn
- manipulations ← amnipulations · mainpulations · manipluations · manippulations · manipualtions · manipulaitons · manipulatinos · manipulationns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manipulation" for "manipulations" ever safe?
Frequency check: "manipulation" vs "manipulations" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"manipulation" and "manipulations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "manipulation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manipulations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,274 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 #361,274 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.