Which to use
“radiation” and “radiations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,735
- “radiation” frequency rank
- #16,458
- “radiations” frequency rank
- 32193
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | radiation | radiations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de rayer, de radier. | Pluriel de radiation. |
Same sound, different letters: radiation vs radiations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - radiation and radiations
This is the hard kind. radiation and radiations are pronounced identically (\ʁa.dja.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) - “radiation” sits inside “radiations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
radiation is recorded at frequency rank #15,735, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.dja.sjɔ̃\. radiations is at rank #16,458, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.dja.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 32193, this pair ranks #298,890 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of radiation vs radiations
Shared letters: adinort. Private to "radiation": -. Private to "radiations": s.
"radiation" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC · "radiations" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- radiation ← ardiation · radaition · raddiation · radiaiton · radiatino · radiationn · radiatoin · radiattion
- radiations ← ardiations · radaitions · raddiations · radiaitons · radiatinos · radiationns · radiationss · radiatiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "radiation" and "radiations" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "radiation" or "radiations"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "radiation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "radiations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,890 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 #298,890 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.