Which to use
“procédure” and “procédures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,968
- “procédure” frequency rank
- #4,702
- “procédures” frequency rank
- 6670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | procédure | procédures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manière de procéder, démarche, méthode, marche à suivre pour obtenir un résultat. | Pluriel de procédure. |
Same sound, different letters: procédure vs procédures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - procédure / procédures
This is the hard kind. procédure and procédures are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.se.dyʁ\) 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) - “procédure” sits inside “procédures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
procédure is recorded at frequency rank #1,968, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.se.dyʁ\. procédures is at rank #4,702, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.se.dyʁ\.
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 6670, this pair ranks #425,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of procédure vs procédures
Shared letters: cdeoprué. Private to "procédure": -. Private to "procédures": s.
"procédure" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "procédures" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "procédure" for "procédures" ever safe?
Frequency check: "procédure" vs "procédures" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "procédure" / "procédures". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "procédure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "procédures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "procédure" and "procédures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "procédera vs procédure". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #425,580 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.