Which to use
“promotion” and “promotions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,379
- “promotion” frequency rank
- #14,119
- “promotions” frequency rank
- 16498
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promotion | promotions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action par laquelle on élève à la fois plusieurs personnes à un même grade, à une même dignité. | Pluriel de promotion. |
Same sound, different letters: promotion vs promotions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. promotion runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVC) against promotions's 10 (CCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: promotion vs promotions
This is the hard kind. promotion and promotions are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.mɔ.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) - “promotion” sits inside “promotions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
promotion is recorded at frequency rank #2,379, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\. promotions is at rank #14,119, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.mɔ.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 16498, this pair ranks #387,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of promotion vs promotions
Shared letters: imnoprt. Private to "promotion": -. Private to "promotions": s.
"promotion" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "promotions" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- promotion ← pormotion · ppromotion · prmootion · prommotion · promoiton · promotino · promotionn · promotoin
- promotions ← pormotions · ppromotions · prmootions · prommotions · promoitons · promotinos · promotionns · promotionss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "promotion" and "promotions" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "promotion" vs "promotions" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"promotion" and "promotions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "promotion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promotions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promotion" and "promotions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "probation vs promotion". 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 #387,565 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.