Which to use
“pollution” and “pollutions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,361
- “pollution” frequency rank
- #26,831
- “pollutions” frequency rank
- 31192
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pollution | pollutions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Diffusion dans l’environnement d’un produit potentiellement toxique ou de nature à perturber le fonctionnement d’un biotope. | Pluriel de pollution. |
Same sound, different letters: pollution vs pollutions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - pollution and pollutions
This is the hard kind. pollution and pollutions are pronounced identically (\pɔ.ly.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) - “pollution” sits inside “pollutions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31192, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pollution is recorded at frequency rank #4,361, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\. pollutions is at rank #26,831, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔ.ly.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 31192, this pair ranks #305,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pollution vs pollutions
Shared letters: ilnoptu. Private to "pollution": -. Private to "pollutions": s.
"pollution" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "pollutions" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pollution ← opllution · plolution · polltuion · polluiton · pollutino · pollutionn · pollutoin · polluttion
- pollutions ← opllutions · plolutions · polltuions · polluitons · pollutinos · pollutionns · pollutionss · pollutiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pollution" and "pollutions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pollution" vs "pollutions" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "pollution" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pollutions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #305,393 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 #305,393 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.