Which to use
“prêche” and “prêches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,386
- “prêche” frequency rank
- #43,617
- “prêches” frequency rank
- 66003
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prêche | prêches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Discours, sermon tenu devant une assemblée de croyants dans un but d’enseignement, d’édification. | Pluriel de prêche. |
Same sound, different letters: prêche vs prêches
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: prêche vs prêches
This is the hard kind. prêche and prêches are pronounced identically (\pʁɛʃ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “prêche” sits inside “prêches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prêche is recorded at frequency rank #22,386, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɛʃ\. prêches is at rank #43,617, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɛʃ\.
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 66003, this pair ranks #69,775 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prêche vs prêches
Shared letters: cehprê. Private to "prêche": -. Private to "prêches": s.
"prêche" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "prêches" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prêche" and "prêches" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "prêche" vs "prêches" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prêche" / "prêches". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prêche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prêches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,775 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prêche" and "prêches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prêches vs prêtées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #69,775 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.