réservation vs réservations

Which to use

“réservation” and “réservations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,658
“réservation” frequency rank: #17,264
“réservations” frequency rank: 28922
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	réservation	réservations
Definition	Action par laquelle on réserve.	Pluriel de réservation.

Same sound, different letters: réservation vs réservations

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. réservation runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCVVC) against réservations's 12 (CVCVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch

réservation

12 ch

réservations

Same sound, different spelling - réservation / réservations

This is the hard kind. réservation and réservations are pronounced identically (\ʁe.zɛʁ.va.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) - “réservation” sits inside “réservations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28922, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réservation is recorded at frequency rank #11,658, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.zɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃\. réservations is at rank #17,264, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.zɛʁ.va.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 28922, this pair ranks #319,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réservation vs réservations

Shared letters: aeinorstvé. Private to "réservation": -. Private to "réservations": -.

"réservation" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC · "réservations" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réservation" and "réservations" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.zɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "réservation" or "réservations"?

"réservation" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,658 in our French list, against #17,264 for "réservations". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "réservation" / "réservations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "réservation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "réservations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #319,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #319,808 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.