Which to use
“préposé” and “préposés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,094
- “préposé” frequency rank
- #37,500
- “préposés” frequency rank
- 66594
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | préposé | préposés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Employé attaché à une tâche. | Pluriel de préposé. |
Same sound, different letters: préposé vs préposés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. préposé runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against préposés's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - préposé and préposés
This is the hard kind. préposé and préposés are pronounced identically (\pʁe.po.ze\) 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) - “préposé” sits inside “préposés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66594, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
préposé is recorded at frequency rank #29,094, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.po.ze\. préposés is at rank #37,500, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.po.ze\.
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 66594, this pair ranks #67,131 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of préposé vs préposés
Shared letters: oprsé. Private to "préposé": -. Private to "préposés": -.
"préposé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "préposés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "préposé" and "préposés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "préposé" vs "préposés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "préposé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "préposés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,131 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "préposé" and "préposés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précisés vs préposés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #67,131 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.