Which to use
“prédiction” and “prédictions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,291
- “prédiction” frequency rank
- #18,028
- “prédictions” frequency rank
- 36319
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prédiction | prédictions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de prédire. | Pluriel de prédiction. |
Same sound, different letters: prédiction vs prédictions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. prédiction runs 10 letters (CCVCVCCVVC) against prédictions's 11 (CCVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: prédiction vs prédictions
This is the hard kind. prédiction and prédictions are pronounced identically (\pʁe.dik.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) - “prédiction” sits inside “prédictions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prédiction is recorded at frequency rank #18,291, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.dik.sjɔ̃\. prédictions is at rank #18,028, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.dik.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 36319, this pair ranks #270,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prédiction vs prédictions
Shared letters: cdinoprté. Private to "prédiction": -. Private to "prédictions": s.
"prédiction" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "prédictions" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prédiction" and "prédictions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "prédiction" vs "prédictions" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"prédiction" and "prédictions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "prédiction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prédictions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prédiction" and "prédictions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prédation vs prédiction". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #270,436 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.