Which to use
“prématurée” and “prématurés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,118
- “prématurée” frequency rank
- #43,089
- “prématurés” frequency rank
- 62207
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prématurée | prématurés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de prématuré. | Masculin pluriel de prématuré. |
Same sound, different letters: prématurée vs prématurés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. prématurée (CCVCVCVCVV) and prématurés (CCVCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - prématurée and prématurés
This is the hard kind. prématurée and prématurés are pronounced identically (\pʁe.ma.ty.ʁe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “prématurée” becomes s in “prématurés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62207, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prématurée is recorded at frequency rank #19,118, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.ma.ty.ʁe\. prématurés is at rank #43,089, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.ma.ty.ʁe\.
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 62207, this pair ranks #88,308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prématurée vs prématurés
Shared letters: amprtué. Private to "prématurée": e. Private to "prématurés": s.
"prématurée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVV · "prématurés" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prématurée" and "prématurés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prématurée" or "prématurés" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "prématurée" / "prématurés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prématurée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prématurés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #88,308 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.