Which to use
“parution” and “parutions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,547
- “parution” frequency rank
- #43,057
- “parutions” frequency rank
- 53604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parution | parutions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Publication et mise en vente d'un ouvrage. | Pluriel de parution. |
Same sound, different letters: parution vs parutions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. parution runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against parutions's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: parution vs parutions
This is the hard kind. parution and parutions are pronounced identically (\pa.ʁy.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) - “parution” sits inside “parutions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parution is recorded at frequency rank #10,547, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁy.sjɔ̃\. parutions is at rank #43,057, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁy.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 53604, this pair ranks #139,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of parution vs parutions
Shared letters: ainoprtu. Private to "parution": -. Private to "parutions": s.
"parution" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "parutions" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parution" for "parutions" ever safe?
Frequency check: "parution" vs "parutions" - 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 "parution" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parutions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parution" and "parutions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parions vs parutions". 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 #139,603 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.