Which to use
“station” and “stations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,975
- “station” frequency rank
- #4,101
- “stations” frequency rank
- 6076
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | station | stations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pause, arrêt que l’on fait dans un parcours. | Pluriel de station. |
Same sound, different letters: station vs stations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - station / stations
This is the hard kind. station and stations are pronounced identically (\sta.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) - “station” sits inside “stations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6076, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
station is recorded at frequency rank #1,975, classified as anoun, pronounced \sta.sjɔ̃\. stations is at rank #4,101, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sta.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 6076, this pair ranks #427,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of station vs stations
Shared letters: ainost. Private to "station": -. Private to "stations": -.
"station" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "stations" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "station" and "stations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "station" or "stations" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "station" / "stations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "station" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "station" and "stations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sédation vs station". 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 #427,246 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.