Which to use
“recensement” and “recensements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,608
- “recensement” frequency rank
- #32,977
- “recensements” frequency rank
- 41585
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recensement | recensements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dénombrement ou inventaire de personnes, d’effets, de suffrages, etc. | Pluriel de recensement. |
Same sound, different letters: recensement vs recensements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. recensement runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCVCC) against recensements's 12 (CVCVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - recensement / recensements
This is the hard kind. recensement and recensements are pronounced identically (\ʁə.sɑ̃s.mɑ̃\) 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) - “recensement” sits inside “recensements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recensement is recorded at frequency rank #8,608, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.sɑ̃s.mɑ̃\. recensements is at rank #32,977, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.sɑ̃s.mɑ̃\.
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 41585, this pair ranks #232,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recensement vs recensements
Shared letters: cemnrst. Private to "recensement": -. Private to "recensements": -.
"recensement" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCC · "recensements" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recensement ← ercensement · rceensement · reccensement · recenesment · recennsement · recenseemnt · recensemennt · recensementt
- recensements ← ercensements · rceensements · reccensements · recenesments · recennsements · recenseemnts · recensemennts · recensemenst
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recensement" and "recensements" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "recensement" or "recensements"?
Useful next steps
"recensement" and "recensements" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "recensement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recensements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,027 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 #232,027 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.