Which to use
“transaction” and “transactions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,122
- “transaction” frequency rank
- #6,566
- “transactions” frequency rank
- 13688
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transaction | transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acte par lequel on transige sur un différend, sur un procès, etc. | Pluriel de transaction. |
Same sound, different letters: transaction vs transactions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - transaction and transactions
This is the hard kind. transaction and transactions are pronounced identically (\tʁɑ̃.zak.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) - “transaction” sits inside “transactions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
transaction is recorded at frequency rank #7,122, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.zak.sjɔ̃\. transactions is at rank #6,566, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃.zak.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 13688, this pair ranks #399,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of transaction vs transactions
Shared letters: acinorst. Private to "transaction": -. Private to "transactions": -.
"transaction" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVVC · "transactions" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transaction ← rtansaction · tarnsaction · tranasction · trannsaction · transacction · transaciton · transactino · transactionn
- transactions ← rtansactions · tarnsactions · tranasctions · trannsactions · transacctions · transacitons · transactinos · transactionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "transaction" and "transactions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "transaction" or "transactions" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "transaction" / "transactions". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "transaction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "transactions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transaction" and "transactions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transactions vs transitions". 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 #399,962 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.