Which to use
“traduction” and “traductions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,153
- “traduction” frequency rank
- #9,930
- “traductions” frequency rank
- 12083
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | traduction | traductions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de traduire, travail consistant à convertir un texte d’une langue dans une autre langue. | Pluriel de traduction. |
Same sound, different letters: traduction vs traductions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Homophone desk: traduction vs traductions
This is the hard kind. traduction and traductions are pronounced identically (\tʁa.dyk.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) - “traduction” sits inside “traductions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
traduction is recorded at frequency rank #2,153, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.dyk.sjɔ̃\. traductions is at rank #9,930, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.dyk.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 12083, this pair ranks #406,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of traduction vs traductions
Shared letters: acdinortu. Private to "traduction": -. Private to "traductions": s.
"traduction" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "traductions" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- traduction ← rtaduction · tarduction · tradcution · tradduction · traducction · traduciton · traductino · traductionn
- traductions ← rtaductions · tarductions · tradcutions · tradductions · traducctions · traducitons · traductinos · traductionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "traduction" for "traductions" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "traduction" or "traductions" show up more?
What to do next
"traduction" and "traductions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "traduction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "traductions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "traduction" and "traductions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tractions vs traductions". 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 #406,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.