Which to use
“transcription” and “transcriptions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,485
- “transcription” frequency rank
- #38,578
- “transcriptions” frequency rank
- 52063
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transcription | transcriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de transcrire ou résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de transcription. |
Same sound, different letters: transcription vs transcriptions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. transcription runs 13 letters (CCVCCCCVCCVVC) against transcriptions's 14 (CCVCCCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - transcription and transcriptions
This is the hard kind. transcription and transcriptions are pronounced identically (\tʁɑ̃s.kʁip.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) - “transcription” sits inside “transcriptions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52063, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
transcription is recorded at frequency rank #13,485, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. transcriptions is at rank #38,578, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.kʁip.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 52063, this pair ranks #150,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of transcription vs transcriptions
Shared letters: acinoprst. Private to "transcription": -. Private to "transcriptions": -.
"transcription" · 13 letters · shape CCVCCCCVCCVVC · "transcriptions" · 14 letters · shape CCVCCCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transcription ← rtanscription · tarnscription · trancsription · trannscription · transccription · transcirption · transcripiton · transcripption
- transcriptions ← rtanscriptions · tarnscriptions · trancsriptions · trannscriptions · transccriptions · transcirptions · transcripitons · transcripptions
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "transcription" and "transcriptions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "transcription" vs "transcriptions" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"transcription" and "transcriptions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "transcription" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "transcriptions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,441 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 #150,441 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.