Which to use
“procession” and “processions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,727
- “procession” frequency rank
- #35,654
- “processions” frequency rank
- 51381
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | procession | processions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cortège de prêtres et de fidèles à l’occasion d’une cérémonie religieuse, dans l’intérieur ou au-dehors des lieux de culte. | Pluriel de procession. |
Same sound, different letters: procession vs processions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Homophone desk: procession vs processions
This is the hard kind. procession and processions are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.se.sjɔ̃\) 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) - “procession” sits inside “processions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51381, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
procession is recorded at frequency rank #15,727, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.se.sjɔ̃\. processions is at rank #35,654, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.se.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 51381, this pair ranks #155,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of procession vs processions
Shared letters: ceinoprs. Private to "procession": -. Private to "processions": -.
"procession" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "processions" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- procession ← porcession · pprocession · prcoession · proccession · procesion · procesison · processino · processionn
- processions ← porcessions · pprocessions · prcoessions · proccessions · procesions · procesisons · processinos · processionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "procession" and "processions" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "procession" or "processions"?
What to do next
"procession" and "processions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "procession" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "processions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "procession" and "processions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "processions 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 #155,434 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.