Which to use
“pulsion” and “pulsions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,451
- “pulsion” frequency rank
- #16,455
- “pulsions” frequency rank
- 41906
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pulsion | pulsions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Propagation du mouvement dans un liquide ou un gaz. | Pluriel de pulsion. |
Same sound, different letters: pulsion vs pulsions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. pulsion runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against pulsions's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - pulsion and pulsions
This is the hard kind. pulsion and pulsions are pronounced identically (\pyl.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) - “pulsion” sits inside “pulsions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pulsion is recorded at frequency rank #25,451, classified as anoun, pronounced \pyl.sjɔ̃\. pulsions is at rank #16,455, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pyl.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 41906, this pair ranks #229,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pulsion vs pulsions
Shared letters: ilnopsu. Private to "pulsion": -. Private to "pulsions": -.
"pulsion" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "pulsions" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pulsion" and "pulsions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pulsion" or "pulsions"?
After this comparison
"pulsion" and "pulsions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pulsion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pulsions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pulsion" and "pulsions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pulsation vs pulsion". 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 #229,680 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.