migrationvsmigrationsTell them apart

Which to use

“migration” and “migrations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,516
“migration” frequency rank
#12,814
“migrations” frequency rank
22330
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature migration migrations
Definition Action de migrer d’un pays dans un autre pour s’y établir. Pluriel de migration.

Same sound, different letters: migration vs migrations

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.

9 ch
migration
10 ch
migrations

Homophone desk: migration vs migrations

This is the hard kind. migration and migrations are pronounced identically (\mi.ɡʁa.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) - “migration” sits inside “migrations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

migration is recorded at frequency rank #9,516, classified as anoun, pronounced \mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\. migrations is at rank #12,814, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.ɡʁa.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 22330, this pair ranks #358,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of migration vs migrations

Shared letters: agimnort. Private to "migration": -. Private to "migrations": s.

"migration" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC  ·  "migrations" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • migrationimgration · mgiration · migartion · miggration · migraiton · migratino · migrationn · migratoin
  • migrationsimgrations · mgirations · migartions · miggrations · migraitons · migratinos · migrationns · migrationss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "migration" and "migrations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\mi.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "migration" or "migrations"?
"migration" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,516 in our French list, against #12,814 for "migrations". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"migration" and "migrations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "migration" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "migrations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #358,566 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 #358,566 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list