Which to use
“prélat” and “prélats” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,827
- “prélat” frequency rank
- #22,991
- “prélats” frequency rank
- 43818
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prélat | prélats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui a une dignité considérable dans l’Église, avec juridiction spirituelle ou, jadis, temporelle. | Pluriel de prélat. |
Same sound, different letters: prélat vs prélats
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. prélat runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against prélats's 7 (CCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: prélat vs prélats
This is the hard kind. prélat and prélats are pronounced identically (\pʁe.la\) 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) - “prélat” sits inside “prélats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prélat is recorded at frequency rank #20,827, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.la\. prélats is at rank #22,991, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.la\.
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 43818, this pair ranks #215,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prélat vs prélats
Shared letters: alprté. Private to "prélat": -. Private to "prélats": s.
"prélat" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "prélats" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prélat" and "prélats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "prélat" or "prélats"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "prélat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prélats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prélat" and "prélats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prélats vs prépas". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #215,157 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.