Which to use
“progress” and “progresses” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,734
- “progress” frequency rank
- #16,568
- “progresses” frequency rank
- 18302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | progress | progresses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time. | plural of progress |
Letter map: progress vs progresses
Shared letters muted; letters that set progress and progresses apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.
Pair insight - progress / progresses
progress and progresses are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “progress” sits inside “progresses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
progress is recorded at frequency rank #1,734, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/. progresses is at rank #16,568, tagged as anoun.
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 18302, this pair ranks #445,799 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of progress vs progresses
Shared letters: egoprs. Private to "progress": -. Private to "progresses": -.
"progress" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "progresses" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- progress ← porgress · pprogress · prgoress · progerss · proggress · progres · progrress · progrses
- progresses ← porgresses · pprogresses · prgoresses · progersses · proggresses · progreses · progresess · progressess
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "progress" and "progresses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "progress" or "progresses" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "progress" vs "progresses" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "progress" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "progresses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #445,799 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "progress" and "progresses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "profess vs progress". 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 #445,799 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.