Which to use
“prémisse” and “prémisses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,993
- “prémisse” frequency rank
- #35,223
- “prémisses” frequency rank
- 74216
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prémisse | prémisses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chacune des deux propositions d’un syllogisme, la majeure et la mineure, d’où résulte la conclusion. | Pluriel de prémisse. |
Same sound, different letters: prémisse vs prémisses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. prémisse runs 8 letters (CCVCVCCV) against prémisses's 9 (CCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: prémisse vs prémisses
This is the hard kind. prémisse and prémisses are pronounced identically (\pʁe.mis\) 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) - “prémisse” sits inside “prémisses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prémisse is recorded at frequency rank #38,993, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.mis\. prémisses is at rank #35,223, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.mis\.
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 74216, this pair ranks #37,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prémisse vs prémisses
Shared letters: eimprsé. Private to "prémisse": -. Private to "prémisses": -.
"prémisse" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV · "prémisses" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prémisse" for "prémisses" ever safe?
Which is more common, "prémisse" or "prémisses"?
Useful next steps
"prémisse" and "prémisses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "prémisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prémisses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prémisse" and "prémisses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précisés vs prémisses". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #37,860 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.