Which to use
“mutilation” and “mutilations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,139
- “mutilation” frequency rank
- #30,712
- “mutilations” frequency rank
- 57851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mutilation | mutilations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de mutiler. | Pluriel de mutilation. |
Same sound, different letters: mutilation vs mutilations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - mutilation / mutilations
This is the hard kind. mutilation and mutilations are pronounced identically (\my.ti.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) - “mutilation” sits inside “mutilations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mutilation is recorded at frequency rank #27,139, classified as anoun, pronounced \my.ti.la.sjɔ̃\. mutilations is at rank #30,712, tagged as anoun, pronounced \my.ti.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 57851, this pair ranks #112,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mutilation vs mutilations
Shared letters: ailmnotu. Private to "mutilation": -. Private to "mutilations": s.
"mutilation" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "mutilations" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mutilation ← mmutilation · mtuilation · muitlation · mutialtion · mutilaiton · mutilatino · mutilationn · mutilatoin
- mutilations ← mmutilations · mtuilations · muitlations · mutialtions · mutilaitons · mutilatinos · mutilationns · mutilationss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mutilation" and "mutilations" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mutilation" vs "mutilations" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mutilation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mutilations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mutilation" and "mutilations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mutations vs mutilations". 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 #112,563 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.