Which to use
“suppression” and “suppressions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,646
- “suppression” frequency rank
- #24,405
- “suppressions” frequency rank
- 28051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suppression | suppressions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de supprimer. | Pluriel de suppression. |
Same sound, different letters: suppression vs suppressions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. suppression and suppressions are pronounced identically (\sy.pʁɛ.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) - “suppression” sits inside “suppressions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suppression is recorded at frequency rank #3,646, classified as anoun, pronounced \sy.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃\. suppressions is at rank #24,405, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.pʁɛ.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 28051, this pair ranks #325,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suppression vs suppressions
Shared letters: einoprsu. Private to "suppression": -. Private to "suppressions": -.
"suppression" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVVC · "suppressions" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suppression ← spupression · ssuppression · supperssion · suppresion · suppresison · suppressino · suppressionn · suppressoin
- suppressions ← spupressions · ssuppressions · supperssions · suppresions · suppresisons · suppressinos · suppressionns · suppressionss