Which to use
“production” and “productions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #650
- “production” frequency rank
- #4,884
- “productions” frequency rank
- 5534
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | production | productions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de produire, de donner naissance. | Pluriel de production. |
Same sound, different letters: production vs productions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. production runs 10 letters (CCVCVCCVVC) against productions's 11 (CCVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - production / productions
This is the hard kind. production and productions are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.dyk.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) - “production” sits inside “productions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5534, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
production is recorded at frequency rank #650, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.dyk.sjɔ̃\. productions is at rank #4,884, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.dyk.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 5534, this pair ranks #428,748 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of production vs productions
Shared letters: cdinoprtu. Private to "production": -. Private to "productions": s.
"production" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "productions" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- production ← porduction · pproduction · prdouction · prodcution · prodduction · producction · produciton · productino
- productions ← porductions · pproductions · prdouctions · prodcutions · prodductions · producctions · producitons · productinos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "production" for "productions" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "production" or "productions" show up more?
After this comparison
"production" and "productions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "production" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "productions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,748 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "production" and "productions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "productions vs productives". 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 #428,748 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.