Which to use
“occurence” and “occurrences” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,456
- “occurence” frequency rank
- #36,075
- “occurrences” frequency rank
- 74531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | occurence | occurrences |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante orthographique de occurrence. | Pluriel de occurrence. |
Same sound, different letters: occurence vs occurrences
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. occurence runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCCV) against occurrences's 11 (VCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - occurence / occurrences
This is the hard kind. occurence and occurrences 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74531, 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\. occurrences is at rank #36,075, 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 74531, this pair ranks #36,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of occurence vs occurrences
Shared letters: cenoru. Private to "occurence": -. Private to "occurrences": s.
"occurence" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "occurrences" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- occurence ← cocurence · occruence · occuernce · occurecne · occurencce · occurenec · occurennce · occurnece
- occurrences ← cocurrences · occrurences · occurences · occurernces · occurrecnes · occurrencces · occurrencess · occurrencse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "occurence" for "occurrences" ever safe?
Frequency check: "occurence" vs "occurrences" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "occurrences" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "occurence" and "occurrences" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "occurence vs occurrence". 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 #36,859 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.