Which to use
“organisation” and “organization” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #743
- “organisation” frequency rank
- #43,044
- “organization” frequency rank
- 43787
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | organisation | organization |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’organiser. | Organisation. |
Where the eye mixes organisation and organization
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. organisation and organization follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between organisation and organization
A purely visual mix-up. organisation (\ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za.sjɔ̃\) and organization (\ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - s in “organisation” becomes z in “organization”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43787, 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\. organization is at rank #43,044, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən\.
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 43787, this pair ranks #215,404 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of organisation vs organization
Shared letters: aginort. Private to "organisation": s. Private to "organization": z.
"organisation" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVVC · "organization" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- organisation ← ogranisation · oragnisation · orgainsation · organiastion · organisaiton · organisatino · organisationn · organisatoin
- organization ← ogranization · oragnization · orgainzation · organiaztion · organizaiton · organizatino · organizationn · organizatoin
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "organisation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "organization" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,404 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "organisation" and "organization" 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 #215,404 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.