Which to use
“religion” and “religions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,189
- “religion” frequency rank
- #4,978
- “religions” frequency rank
- 6167
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | religion | religions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Système de représentation du monde et de croyances fondé sur la foi, et consolidé par l’accomplissement de rites dans le cadre d’un culte rendu à une ou plusieurs puissances, souvent célestes. | Pluriel de religion. |
Same sound, different letters: religion vs religions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. religion runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against religions's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - religion and religions
This is the hard kind. religion and religions are pronounced identically (\ʁə.li.ʒjɔ̃\) 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) - “religion” sits inside “religions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
religion is recorded at frequency rank #1,189, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.li.ʒjɔ̃\. religions is at rank #4,978, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.li.ʒjɔ̃\.
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 6167, this pair ranks #426,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of religion vs religions
Shared letters: egilnor. Private to "religion": -. Private to "religions": s.
"religion" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "religions" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "religion" and "religions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "religion" vs "religions" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "religion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "religions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "religion" and "religions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "religions vs révisions". 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 #426,997 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.