Which to use
“turbulence” and “turbulences” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,499
- “turbulence” frequency rank
- #27,648
- “turbulences” frequency rank
- 61147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | turbulence | turbulences |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Caractère de celui qui est turbulent. | Pluriel de turbulence. |
Same sound, different letters: turbulence vs turbulences
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. turbulence runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCCV) against turbulences's 11 (CVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - turbulence / turbulences
This is the hard kind. turbulence and turbulences are pronounced identically (\tyʁ.by.lɑ̃s\) 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) - “turbulence” sits inside “turbulences”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
turbulence is recorded at frequency rank #33,499, classified as anoun, pronounced \tyʁ.by.lɑ̃s\. turbulences is at rank #27,648, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tyʁ.by.lɑ̃s\.
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 61147, this pair ranks #93,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of turbulence vs turbulences
Shared letters: bcelnrtu. Private to "turbulence": -. Private to "turbulences": s.
"turbulence" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "turbulences" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- turbulence ← trubulence · tturbulence · tubrulence · turbbulence · turbluence · turbuelnce · turbulecne · turbulencce
- turbulences ← trubulences · tturbulences · tubrulences · turbbulences · turbluences · turbuelnces · turbulecnes · turbulencces
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "turbulence" and "turbulences" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "turbulence" or "turbulences" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "turbulence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "turbulences" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "turbulence" and "turbulences" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "turbulence vs turbulent". 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 #93,833 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.