Which to use
“prisonnière” is a noun and “prisonnières” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,113
- “prisonnière” frequency rank
- #37,491
- “prisonnières” frequency rank
- 56604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prisonnière | prisonnières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est arrêtée pour être mise en prison, ou qui y est détenue. | Féminin pluriel de prisonnier. |
Same sound, different letters: prisonnière vs prisonnières
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. prisonnière runs 11 letters (CCVCVCCVVCV) against prisonnières's 12 (CCVCVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - prisonnière and prisonnières
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: prisonnière and prisonnières carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁi.zɔ.njɛʁ\. 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) - “prisonnière” sits inside “prisonnières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prisonnière is recorded at frequency rank #19,113, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁi.zɔ.njɛʁ\. prisonnières is at rank #37,491, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁi.zɔ.njɛʁ\.
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 56604, this pair ranks #120,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prisonnière vs prisonnières
Shared letters: einoprsè. Private to "prisonnière": -. Private to "prisonnières": -.
"prisonnière" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCV · "prisonnières" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prisonnière" and "prisonnières" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "prisonnière" vs "prisonnières" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "prisonnière" / "prisonnières". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prisonnière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prisonnières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #120,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prisonnière" and "prisonnières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pionnières vs prisonnières". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #120,042 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.