Which to use
“operation” and “opérations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,164
- “operation” frequency rank
- #1,603
- “opérations” frequency rank
- 28767
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | operation | opérations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Opération, façon d’opérer, de fonctionner. | Pluriel de opération. |
Letter map: operation vs opérations
Shared letters muted; letters that set operation and opérations apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.
Corpus notes: operation and opérations
operation and opérations are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28767, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
operation is recorded at frequency rank #27,164, classified as anoun. opérations is at rank #1,603, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.pe.ʁa.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 28767, this pair ranks #320,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of operation vs opérations
Shared letters: ainoprt. Private to "operation": e. Private to "opérations": sé.
"operation" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "opérations" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- operation ← oepration · opeartion · operaiton · operatino · operationn · operatoin · operattion · operration
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "operation" and "opérations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
Pair "operation" vs "opérations" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "operation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "opérations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #320,844 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.