Which to use
“passion” and “passions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,238
- “passion” frequency rank
- #7,736
- “passions” frequency rank
- 9974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passion | passions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grandes douleurs ; souffrance. | Pluriel de passion. |
Same sound, different letters: passion vs passions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. passion runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against passions's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - passion and passions
This is the hard kind. passion and passions are pronounced identically (\pa.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) - “passion” sits inside “passions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passion is recorded at frequency rank #2,238, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.sjɔ̃\. passions is at rank #7,736, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.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 9974, this pair ranks #414,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passion vs passions
Shared letters: ainops. Private to "passion": -. Private to "passions": -.
"passion" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "passions" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "passion" and "passions" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "passion" or "passions"?
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 "passion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passion" and "passions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parions vs passions". 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 #414,711 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.