Which to use
“suspension” and “suspensions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,996
- “suspension” frequency rank
- #23,386
- “suspensions” frequency rank
- 28382
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suspension | suspensions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de suspendre ; état d’une chose suspendue. | Pluriel de suspension. |
Same sound, different letters: suspension vs suspensions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. suspension runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against suspensions's 11 (CVCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - suspension and suspensions
This is the hard kind. suspension and suspensions are pronounced identically (\sys.pɑ̃.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) - “suspension” sits inside “suspensions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28382, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suspension is recorded at frequency rank #4,996, classified as anoun, pronounced \sys.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. suspensions is at rank #23,386, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sys.pɑ̃.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 28382, this pair ranks #323,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suspension vs suspensions
Shared letters: einopsu. Private to "suspension": -. Private to "suspensions": -.
"suspension" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "suspensions" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suspension ← ssupension · ssuspension · supsension · susepnsion · suspenison · suspennsion · suspensino · suspensionn
- suspensions ← ssupensions · ssuspensions · supsensions · susepnsions · suspenisons · suspennsions · suspensinos · suspensionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "suspension" and "suspensions" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "suspension" or "suspensions"?
What to do next
"suspension" and "suspensions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "suspension" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suspensions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #323,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suspension" and "suspensions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suspensif vs suspension". 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 #323,195 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.