Which to use
“partner” is a noun and “prôner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,196
- “partner” frequency rank
- #32,967
- “prôner” frequency rank
- 68163
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partner | prôner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante ancienne (restée vivante au Canada) de partenaire. | Faire le prône. |
Letter map: partner vs prôner
Shared letters muted; letters that set partner and prôner apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for partner / prôner
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: partner is anoun and prôneraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
partner is recorded at frequency rank #35,196, classified as anoun. prôner is at rank #32,967, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁo.ne\.
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 68163, this pair ranks #60,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of partner vs prôner
Shared letters: enpr. Private to "partner": at. Private to "prôner": ô.
"partner" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "prôner" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- partner ← aprtner · parnter · parrtner · partenr · partnerr · partnner · partnre · parttner
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "partner" and "prôner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "partner" vs "prôner" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "partner" and "prôner".
- Full dictionary entry for "partner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prôner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "partner" and "prôner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proféré vs prôner". 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 #60,300 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.