Which to use
“occurrence” and “occurrences” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,469
- “occurrence” frequency rank
- #36,075
- “occurrences” frequency rank
- 43544
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | occurrence | occurrences |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Événement, situation étant survenue. | Pluriel de occurrence. |
Same sound, different letters: occurrence vs occurrences
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. occurrence runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCCV) against occurrences's 11 (VCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: occurrence vs occurrences
This is the hard kind. occurrence 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 1 extra letter(s) - “occurrence” sits inside “occurrences”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
occurrence is recorded at frequency rank #7,469, 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 43544, this pair ranks #217,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of occurrence vs occurrences
Shared letters: cenoru. Private to "occurrence": -. Private to "occurrences": s.
"occurrence" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV · "occurrences" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- occurrence ← cocurrence · occrurence · occurernce · occurrecne · occurrencce · occurrenec · occurrennce · occurrnece
- occurrences ← cocurrences · occrurences · occurences · occurernces · occurrecnes · occurrencces · occurrencess · occurrencse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "occurrence" for "occurrences" ever safe?
Frequency check: "occurrence" vs "occurrences" - which ranks higher?
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 "occurrence" 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 #217,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "occurrence" and "occurrences" 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 #217,259 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.