Which to use
“prisonnier” is a noun and “prisonniers” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,171
- “prisonnier” frequency rank
- #3,489
- “prisonniers” frequency rank
- 8660
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prisonnier | prisonniers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui est arrêtée pour être mise en prison, ou qui y est détenue. | Masculin pluriel de prisonnier. |
Same sound, different letters: prisonnier vs prisonniers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. prisonnier runs 10 letters (CCVCVCCVVC) against prisonniers's 11 (CCVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: prisonnier vs prisonniers
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: prisonnier and prisonniers carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁi.zɔ.nje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “prisonnier” sits inside “prisonniers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8660, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prisonnier is recorded at frequency rank #5,171, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁi.zɔ.nje\. prisonniers is at rank #3,489, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁi.zɔ.nje\.
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 8660, this pair ranks #419,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prisonnier vs prisonniers
Shared letters: einoprs. Private to "prisonnier": -. Private to "prisonniers": -.
"prisonnier" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "prisonniers" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prisonnier ← pirsonnier · pprisonnier · priosnnier · prisnonier · prisonier · prisoniner · prisonneir · prisonnierr
- prisonniers ← pirsonniers · pprisonniers · priosnniers · prisnoniers · prisoniers · prisoniners · prisonneirs · prisonnierrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prisonnier" and "prisonniers" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "prisonnier" or "prisonniers"?
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 "prisonnier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prisonniers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prisonnier" and "prisonniers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prisonnier vs prisonnières". 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 #419,264 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.