Which to use
“munition” and “munitions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,502
- “munition” frequency rank
- #6,717
- “munitions” frequency rank
- 43219
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | munition | munitions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Projectiles, cartouches, etc. | Pluriel de munition. |
Same sound, different letters: munition vs munitions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: munition vs munitions
This is the hard kind. munition and munitions are pronounced identically (\my.ni.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) - “munition” sits inside “munitions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
munition is recorded at frequency rank #36,502, classified as anoun, pronounced \my.ni.sjɔ̃\. munitions is at rank #6,717, tagged as anoun, pronounced \my.ni.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 43219, this pair ranks #219,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of munition vs munitions
Shared letters: imnotu. Private to "munition": -. Private to "munitions": s.
"munition" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "munitions" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "munition" and "munitions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "munition" or "munitions"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "munition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "munitions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "munition" and "munitions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "munition vs mutation". 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 #219,754 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.