Which to use
“plus” and “près” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31
- “plus” frequency rank
- #294
- “près” frequency rank
- 325
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plus | près |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comparatif de beaucoup. On peut l’utiliser avec que. (\plys\) | À petite distance, à proximité. |
Where the eye mixes plus and près
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. plus (\ply\) and près (\pʁɛ\) 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 325, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plus is recorded at frequency rank #31, classified as anadv, pronounced \ply\. près is at rank #294, tagged as anadv, pronounced \pʁɛ\.
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 325, this pair ranks #439,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of plus vs près
Shared letters: ps. Private to "plus": lu. Private to "près": rè.
"plus" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "près" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plus ← lpus · pllus · plsu · pluss · pplus · puls