Which to use
“perquisition” and “perquisitions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,111
- “perquisition” frequency rank
- #22,646
- “perquisitions” frequency rank
- 36757
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perquisition | perquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Recherche exacte que l’on fait de quelque chose, de quelque personne. | Pluriel de perquisition. |
Same sound, different letters: perquisition vs perquisitions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - perquisition / perquisitions
This is the hard kind. perquisition and perquisitions are pronounced identically (\pɛʁ.ki.zi.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) - “perquisition” sits inside “perquisitions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perquisition is recorded at frequency rank #14,111, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.ki.zi.sjɔ̃\. perquisitions is at rank #22,646, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.ki.zi.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 36757, this pair ranks #267,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of perquisition vs perquisitions
Shared letters: einopqrstu. Private to "perquisition": -. Private to "perquisitions": -.
"perquisition" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCVVC · "perquisitions" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- perquisition ← eprquisition · peqruisition · perqiusition · perqquisition · perquiistion · perquisiiton · perquisitino · perquisitionn
- perquisitions ← eprquisitions · peqruisitions · perqiusitions · perqquisitions · perquiistions · perquisiitons · perquisitinos · perquisitionns
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"perquisition" and "perquisitions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "perquisition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perquisitions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,337 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 #267,337 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.