Which to use
“pression” and “prévision” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,187
- “pression” frequency rank
- #9,370
- “prévision” frequency rank
- 10557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pression | prévision |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Force appliquée à une unité de surface, ou grandeur scalaire, exercée par un fluide sur une surface, perpendiculairement à celle-ci. | Annonce d’un événement futur. |
Where the eye mixes pression and prévision
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between pression and prévision
A purely visual mix-up. pression (\pʁɛ.sjɔ̃\) and prévision (\pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pression is recorded at frequency rank #1,187, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɛ.sjɔ̃\. prévision is at rank #9,370, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\.
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 10557, this pair ranks #412,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pression vs prévision
Shared letters: inoprs. Private to "pression": e. Private to "prévision": vé.
"pression" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "prévision" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pression ← perssion · ppression · presion · presison · pressino · pressionn · pressoin · prression
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pression" and "prévision" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pression" or "prévision"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pression" and "prévision" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pression" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prévision" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pression" and "prévision" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "precision vs prévision". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #412,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.