Which to use
“perforation” and “perforations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,973
- “perforation” frequency rank
- #49,267
- “perforations” frequency rank
- 88240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perforation | perforations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de percer quelque chose. | Pluriel de perforation. |
Same sound, different letters: perforation vs perforations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. perforation runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVVC) against perforations's 12 (CVCCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - perforation and perforations
This is the hard kind. perforation and perforations are pronounced identically (\pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁa.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) - “perforation” sits inside “perforations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perforation is recorded at frequency rank #38,973, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. perforations is at rank #49,267, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁa.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 88240, this pair ranks #7,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of perforation vs perforations
Shared letters: aefinoprt. Private to "perforation": -. Private to "perforations": s.
"perforation" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC · "perforations" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- perforation ← eprforation · pefroration · perfforation · perfoartion · perforaiton · perforatino · perforationn · perforatoin
- perforations ← eprforations · pefrorations · perfforations · perfoartions · perforaitons · perforatinos · perforationns · perforationss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "perforation" for "perforations" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "perforation" or "perforations" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "perforation" / "perforations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "perforation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perforations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #7,239 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.