Which to use
“nomination” and “nominations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,946
- “nomination” frequency rank
- #10,913
- “nominations” frequency rank
- 14859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nomination | nominations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de nommer à un emploi, à une charge, à une dignité, etc. | Pluriel de nomination. |
Same sound, different letters: nomination vs nominations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. nomination runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against nominations's 11 (CVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - nomination and nominations
This is the hard kind. nomination and nominations are pronounced identically (\nɔ.mi.na.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) - “nomination” sits inside “nominations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nomination is recorded at frequency rank #3,946, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\. nominations is at rank #10,913, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɔ.mi.na.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 14859, this pair ranks #394,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nomination vs nominations
Shared letters: aimnot. Private to "nomination": -. Private to "nominations": s.
"nomination" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "nominations" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nomination ← nmoination · nnomination · noimnation · nomiantion · nominaiton · nominatino · nominationn · nominatoin
- nominations ← nmoinations · nnominations · noimnations · nomiantions · nominaitons · nominatinos · nominationns · nominationss
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "nomination" / "nominations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "nomination" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nominations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nomination" and "nominations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nominations vs nominatives". 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 #394,908 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.