diff --git a/tests/components/application_credentials/test_init.py b/tests/components/application_credentials/test_init.py
index 686cf378fd456a..b72d9653c2d040 100644
--- a/tests/components/application_credentials/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/application_credentials/test_init.py
@@ -48,18 +48,6 @@
 TEST_DOMAIN = "fake_integration"
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def ignore_translations() -> list[str]:
-    """Ignore specific translations.
-
-    We can ignore translations for the fake_integration we are testing with.
-    """
-    return [
-        f"component.{TEST_DOMAIN}.config.abort.missing_configuration",
-        f"component.{TEST_DOMAIN}.config.abort.missing_credentials",
-    ]
-
-
 @pytest.fixture
 async def authorization_server() -> AuthorizationServer:
     """Fixture AuthorizationServer for mock application_credentials integration."""
@@ -435,6 +423,10 @@ async def test_import_named_credential(
     ]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "ignore_translations",
+    ["component.fake_integration.config.abort.missing_credentials"],
+)
 async def test_config_flow_no_credentials(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     """Test config flow base case with no credentials registered."""
     result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
@@ -444,6 +436,10 @@ async def test_config_flow_no_credentials(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     assert result.get("reason") == "missing_credentials"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "ignore_translations",
+    ["component.fake_integration.config.abort.missing_credentials"],
+)
 async def test_config_flow_other_domain(
     hass: HomeAssistant,
     ws_client: ClientFixture,
@@ -571,6 +567,10 @@ async def test_config_flow_multiple_entries(
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "ignore_translations",
+    ["component.fake_integration.config.abort.missing_credentials"],
+)
 async def test_config_flow_create_delete_credential(
     hass: HomeAssistant,
     ws_client: ClientFixture,
@@ -616,6 +616,10 @@ async def test_config_flow_with_config_credential(
     assert result["data"].get("auth_implementation") == TEST_DOMAIN
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "ignore_translations",
+    ["component.fake_integration.config.abort.missing_configuration"],
+)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("mock_application_credentials_integration", [None])
 async def test_import_without_setup(hass: HomeAssistant, config_credential) -> None:
     """Test import of credentials without setting up the integration."""
@@ -631,6 +635,10 @@ async def test_import_without_setup(hass: HomeAssistant, config_credential) -> N
     assert result.get("reason") == "missing_configuration"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "ignore_translations",
+    ["component.fake_integration.config.abort.missing_configuration"],
+)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("mock_application_credentials_integration", [None])
 async def test_websocket_without_platform(
     hass: HomeAssistant, ws_client: ClientFixture
diff --git a/tests/components/conftest.py b/tests/components/conftest.py
index 79f4d8b1a6994b..dcd537f9b320bf 100644
--- a/tests/components/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/components/conftest.py
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ def supervisor_client() -> Generator[AsyncMock]:
 
 async def _ensure_translation_exists(
     hass: HomeAssistant,
-    ignore_translations: list[str],
+    ignore_translations: dict[str, StoreInfo],
     category: str,
     component: str,
     key: str,
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ async def _ensure_translation_exists(
     """Raise if translation doesn't exist."""
     full_key = f"component.{component}.{category}.{key}"
     if full_key in ignore_translations:
+        ignore_translations[full_key] = "used"
         return
 
     translations = await async_get_translations(hass, "en", category, [component])
@@ -497,14 +498,14 @@ async def _ensure_translation_exists(
     ):
         return
 
-    raise ValueError(
+    pytest.fail(
         f"Translation not found for {component}: `{category}.{key}`. "
         f"Please add to homeassistant/components/{component}/strings.json"
     )
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def ignore_translations() -> list[str]:
+def ignore_translations() -> str | list[str]:
     """Ignore specific translations.
 
     Override or parametrize this fixture with a fixture that returns,
@@ -514,8 +515,12 @@ def ignore_translations() -> list[str]:
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def check_config_translations(ignore_translations: list[str]) -> Generator[None]:
+def check_config_translations(ignore_translations: str | list[str]) -> Generator[None]:
     """Ensure config_flow translations are available."""
+    if not isinstance(ignore_translations, list):
+        ignore_translations = [ignore_translations]
+
+    _ignore_translations = {k: "unused" for k in ignore_translations}
     _original = FlowManager._async_handle_step
 
     async def _async_handle_step(
@@ -535,7 +540,7 @@ async def _async_handle_step(
         ):
             await _ensure_translation_exists(
                 flow.hass,
-                ignore_translations,
+                _ignore_translations,
                 category,
                 component,
                 f"abort.{result["reason"]}",
@@ -548,3 +553,10 @@ async def _async_handle_step(
         _async_handle_step,
     ):
         yield
+
+    unused_ignore = [k for k, v in _ignore_translations.items() if v == "unused"]
+    if unused_ignore:
+        pytest.fail(
+            f"Unused ignore translations: {', '.join(unused_ignore)}. "
+            "Please remove them from the ignore_translations fixture."
+        )
diff --git a/tests/components/matter/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/matter/test_config_flow.py
index da773a360b8c28..de964d482851ec 100644
--- a/tests/components/matter/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/matter/test_config_flow.py
@@ -827,10 +827,6 @@ async def test_addon_running(
     assert setup_entry.call_count == 1
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(  # Remove when translations fixed
-    "ignore_translations",
-    ["component.matter.config.abort.cannot_connect"],
-)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     (
         "discovery_info",
diff --git a/tests/components/melcloud/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/melcloud/test_config_flow.py
index b575d5073dcbae..baaa7861c7b597 100644
--- a/tests/components/melcloud/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/melcloud/test_config_flow.py
@@ -98,15 +98,6 @@ async def test_form_errors(
     assert result["reason"] == reason
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(  # Remove when translations fixed
-    "ignore_translations",
-    [
-        [
-            "component.melcloud.config.abort.cannot_connect",
-            "component.melcloud.config.abort.invalid_auth",
-        ],
-    ],
-)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("error", "message"),
     [
diff --git a/tests/components/tplink/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/tplink/test_config_flow.py
index e8778b59225b80..40bd4383513ebc 100644
--- a/tests/components/tplink/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/tplink/test_config_flow.py
@@ -1348,10 +1348,6 @@ async def test_reauth_errors(
     assert result3["reason"] == "reauth_successful"
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(  # Remove when translations fixed
-    "ignore_translations",
-    ["component.tplink.config.abort.cannot_connect"],
-)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("error_type", "expected_flow"),
     [