Which to use
“vibration” and “violation” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,427
- “vibration” frequency rank
- #6,572
- “violation” frequency rank
- 25999
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vibration | violation |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mouvement des points d’un système déformable écartés de leur position d’équilibre. | Action de violer un engagement, de porter atteinte à un droit, d’enfreindre des règles, profanation d'une chose sacrée. L'utilisation de ce terme dans certains contextes est quelque peu sujette à discussion, en raison de son lien étymologique avec le terme latin "viola (pensée sauvage)", utilisé notamment pour nommer la violence. Un vol sans violence est une infraction, un délit, un crime, enfreint la loi, mais ne peut pas vraiment être associé au terme de violation pour cette raison. |
Where the eye mixes vibration and violation
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. vibration (CVCCVCVVC) and violation (CVVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: vibration vs violation
A purely visual mix-up. vibration (\vi.bʁa.sjɔ̃\) and violation (\vjɔ.la.sjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25999, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vibration is recorded at frequency rank #19,427, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.bʁa.sjɔ̃\. violation is at rank #6,572, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vjɔ.la.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 25999, this pair ranks #337,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vibration vs violation
Shared letters: ainotv. Private to "vibration": br. Private to "violation": l.
"vibration" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "violation" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vibration" and "violation" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vibration" or "violation" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "vibration" and "violation" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vibration" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "violation" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vibration" and "violation" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violation vs votation". 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 #337,671 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.