Which to use
“occupation” and “occupations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,948
- “occupation” frequency rank
- #17,775
- “occupations” frequency rank
- 21723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | occupation | occupations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’occuper militairement un pays, une région. | Pluriel de occupation. |
Where the eye mixes occupation and occupations
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between occupation and occupations
A purely visual mix-up. occupation (\o.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\) and occupations (\ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “occupation” sits inside “occupations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
occupation is recorded at frequency rank #3,948, classified as anoun, pronounced \o.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\. occupations is at rank #17,775, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.ky.pa.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 21723, this pair ranks #361,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of occupation vs occupations
Shared letters: acinoptu. Private to "occupation": -. Private to "occupations": s.
"occupation" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "occupations" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- occupation ← cocupation · occpuation · occuaption · occupaiton · occupatino · occupationn · occupatoin · occupattion
- occupations ← cocupations · occpuations · occuaptions · occupaitons · occupatinos · occupationns · occupationss · occupatiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "occupation" for "occupations" ever safe?
Frequency check: "occupation" vs "occupations" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "occupation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "occupations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "occupation" and "occupations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "occultation vs occupation". 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 #361,743 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.