Which to use
“soupçon” and “soupçons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,481
- “soupçon” frequency rank
- #9,916
- “soupçons” frequency rank
- 23397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soupçon | soupçons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Opinion ou croyance désavantageuse, accompagnée de doute. | Pluriel de soupçon. |
Same sound, different letters: soupçon vs soupçons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. soupçon runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against soupçons's 8 (CVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - soupçon / soupçons
This is the hard kind. soupçon and soupçons are pronounced identically (\sup.sɔ̃\) 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) - “soupçon” sits inside “soupçons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soupçon is recorded at frequency rank #13,481, classified as anoun, pronounced \sup.sɔ̃\. soupçons is at rank #9,916, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sup.sɔ̃\.
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 23397, this pair ranks #352,734 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of soupçon vs soupçons
Shared letters: nopsuç. Private to "soupçon": -. Private to "soupçons": -.
"soupçon" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "soupçons" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soupçon" and "soupçons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "soupçon" or "soupçons"?
What to do next
"soupçon" and "soupçons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "soupçon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soupçons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #352,734 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soupçon" and "soupçons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souchon vs soupçon". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #352,734 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.