Which to use
“terminaison” and “terminaisons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,001
- “terminaison” frequency rank
- #39,067
- “terminaisons” frequency rank
- 69068
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | terminaison | terminaisons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fin d’une chose ; état de ce qui se termine, de ce qui cesse. | Pluriel de terminaison. |
Same sound, different letters: terminaison vs terminaisons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. terminaison runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVVCVC) against terminaisons's 12 (CVCCVCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - terminaison and terminaisons
This is the hard kind. terminaison and terminaisons are pronounced identically (\tɛʁ.mi.nɛ.zɔ̃\) 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) - “terminaison” sits inside “terminaisons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
terminaison is recorded at frequency rank #30,001, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛʁ.mi.nɛ.zɔ̃\. terminaisons is at rank #39,067, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɛʁ.mi.nɛ.zɔ̃\.
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 69068, this pair ranks #56,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of terminaison vs terminaisons
Shared letters: aeimnorst. Private to "terminaison": -. Private to "terminaisons": -.
"terminaison" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC · "terminaisons" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- terminaison ← etrminaison · temrinaison · terimnaison · termianison · terminaiosn · terminaisno · terminaisonn · terminaisson
- terminaisons ← etrminaisons · temrinaisons · terimnaisons · termianisons · terminaiosns · terminaisnos · terminaisonns · terminaisonss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "terminaison" and "terminaisons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "terminaison" vs "terminaisons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"terminaison" and "terminaisons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "terminaison" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "terminaisons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #56,602 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.