organisationsvsorganizationWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“organisations” and “organization” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,942
“organisations” frequency rank
#43,044
“organization” frequency rank
45986
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature organisations organization
Definition Pluriel de organisation. Organisation.

Where the eye mixes organisations and organization

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. organisations runs 13 letters (VCCVCVCVCVVCC) against organization's 12 (VCCVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
organisations
12 ch
organization

Why the eye confuses organisations with organization

A purely visual mix-up. organisations (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

organisations is recorded at frequency rank #2,942, 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 45986, this pair ranks #198,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of organisations vs organization

Shared letters: aginort. Private to "organisations": s. Private to "organization": z.

"organisations" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVVCC  ·  "organization" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • organisations ← ogranisations · oragnisations · orgainsations · organiastions · organisaitons · organisatinos · organisationns · organisationss
  • organization ← ogranization · oragnization · orgainzation · organiaztion · organizaiton · organizatino · organizationn · organizatoin

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "organisations" and "organization" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za.sjɔ̃\ versus \ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "organisations" or "organization"?
"organisations" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,942 in our French list, against #43,044 for "organization". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "organisations" and "organization" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "organisations" 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 #198,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "organisations" and "organization" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "organisation 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 #198,536 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list