Which to use
“objection” and “objections” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,450
- “objection” frequency rank
- #22,018
- “objections” frequency rank
- 33468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | objection | objections |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce que l’on oppose à une affirmation, à une proposition, à une demande. | Pluriel de objection. |
Same sound, different letters: objection vs objections
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - objection and objections
This is the hard kind. objection and objections are pronounced identically (\ɔb.ʒɛk.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) - “objection” sits inside “objections”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
objection is recorded at frequency rank #11,450, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔb.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. objections is at rank #22,018, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔb.ʒɛk.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 33468, this pair ranks #290,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of objection vs objections
Shared letters: bceijnot. Private to "objection": -. Private to "objections": s.
"objection" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "objections" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- objection ← bojection · obbjection · obejction · objcetion · objecction · objeciton · objectino · objectionn
- objections ← bojections · obbjections · obejctions · objcetions · objecctions · objecitons · objectinos · objectionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "objection" and "objections" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "objection" or "objections"?
Useful next steps
"objection" and "objections" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "objection" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "objections" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #290,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "objection" and "objections" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "objections vs objectives". 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 #290,438 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.