Which to use
“organisation” and “organisations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #743
- “organisation” frequency rank
- #2,942
- “organisations” frequency rank
- 3685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | organisation | organisations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’organiser. | Pluriel de organisation. |
Same sound, different letters: organisation vs organisations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. organisation runs 12 letters (VCCVCVCVCVVC) against organisations's 13 (VCCVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - organisation and organisations
This is the hard kind. organisation and organisations are pronounced identically (\ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za.sjɔ̃\) 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) - “organisation” sits inside “organisations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
organisation is recorded at frequency rank #743, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za.sjɔ̃\. organisations is at rank #2,942, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za.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 3685, this pair ranks #433,419 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of organisation vs organisations
Shared letters: aginorst. Private to "organisation": -. Private to "organisations": -.
"organisation" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVVC · "organisations" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- organisation ← ogranisation · oragnisation · orgainsation · organiastion · organisaiton · organisatino · organisationn · organisatoin
- organisations ← ogranisations · oragnisations · orgainsations · organiastions · organisaitons · organisatinos · organisationns · organisationss
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"organisation" and "organisations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "organisation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "organisations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,419 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "organisation" and "organisations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "organisations vs organization". 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 #433,419 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.