Which to use
“pressions” and “professions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,988
- “pressions” frequency rank
- #7,484
- “professions” frequency rank
- 14472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pressions | professions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de pression. | Pluriel de profession. |
Where the eye mixes pressions and professions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. pressions runs 9 letters (CCVCCVVCC) against professions's 11 (CCVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pressions and professions
A purely visual mix-up. pressions (\pʁɛ.sjɔ̃\) and professions (\pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pressions is recorded at frequency rank #6,988, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɛ.sjɔ̃\. professions is at rank #7,484, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃\.
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 14472, this pair ranks #396,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pressions vs professions
Shared letters: einoprs. Private to "pressions": -. Private to "professions": f.
"pressions" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC · "professions" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pressions ← perssions · ppressions · presions · presisons · pressinos · pressionns · pressionss · pressiosn
- professions ← porfessions · pprofessions · prfoessions · proefssions · profesions · profesisons · professinos · professionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pressions" and "professions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pressions" or "professions"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pressions" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "professions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pressions" and "professions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "professions vs progressions". 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 #396,491 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.