Which to use
“salutation” and “salutations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,522
- “salutation” frequency rank
- #22,087
- “salutations” frequency rank
- 63609
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salutation | salutations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de saluer; mot pour saluer. | Pluriel de salutation. |
Same sound, different letters: salutation vs salutations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Homophone desk: salutation vs salutations
This is the hard kind. salutation and salutations are pronounced identically (\sa.ly.ta.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) - “salutation” sits inside “salutations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
salutation is recorded at frequency rank #41,522, classified as anoun, pronounced \sa.ly.ta.sjɔ̃\. salutations is at rank #22,087, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sa.ly.ta.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 63609, this pair ranks #81,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of salutation vs salutations
Shared letters: ailnostu. Private to "salutation": -. Private to "salutations": -.
"salutation" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "salutations" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- salutation ← aslutation · sallutation · saltuation · saluattion · salutaiton · salutatino · salutationn · salutatoin
- salutations ← aslutations · sallutations · saltuations · saluattions · salutaitons · salutatinos · salutationns · salutationss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "salutation" and "salutations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "salutation" or "salutations"?
After this comparison
"salutation" and "salutations" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "salutation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "salutations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "salutation" and "salutations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salutation vs saturation". 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 #81,124 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.