Which to use
“procession” and “professions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,727
- “procession” frequency rank
- #7,484
- “professions” frequency rank
- 23211
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | procession | professions |
|---|---|---|
| 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 profession. |
Where the eye mixes procession and professions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between procession and professions
A purely visual mix-up. procession (\pʁɔ.se.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23211, 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\. 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 23211, this pair ranks #353,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of procession vs professions
Shared letters: einoprs. Private to "procession": c. Private to "professions": f.
"procession" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "professions" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- procession ← porcession · pprocession · prcoession · proccession · procesion · procesison · processino · processionn
- professions ← porfessions · pprofessions · prfoessions · proefssions · profesions · profesisons · professinos · professionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "procession" for "professions" ever safe?
Frequency check: "procession" vs "professions" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "procession" 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 #353,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "procession" 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 #353,778 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.