Which to use
“occurence” and “occurrence” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,456
- “occurence” frequency rank
- #7,469
- “occurrence” frequency rank
- 45925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | occurence | occurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante orthographique de occurrence. | Événement, situation étant survenue. |
Same sound, different letters: occurence vs occurrence
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. occurence runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCCV) against occurrence's 10 (VCCVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - occurence / occurrence
This is the hard kind. occurence and occurrence are pronounced identically (\ɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃s\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
occurence is recorded at frequency rank #38,456, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃s\. occurrence is at rank #7,469, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃s\.
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 45925, this pair ranks #198,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of occurence vs occurrence
Shared letters: cenoru. Private to "occurence": -. Private to "occurrence": -.
"occurence" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "occurrence" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- occurence ← cocurence · occruence · occuernce · occurecne · occurencce · occurenec · occurennce · occurnece
- occurrence ← cocurrence · occrurence · occurernce · occurrecne · occurrencce · occurrenec · occurrennce · occurrnece
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "occurence" for "occurrence" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "occurence" or "occurrence" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "occurence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "occurrence" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "occurence" and "occurrence" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "occurence vs occurrences". 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 #198,999 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.