Which to use
“prochain” and “prochains” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,008
- “prochain” frequency rank
- #5,694
- “prochains” frequency rank
- 6702
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prochain | prochains |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Voisin immédiat ; suivant ; qui est le premier à se présenter dans l’espace ou le temps. | Masculin pluriel de prochain. |
Same sound, different letters: prochain vs prochains
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: prochain vs prochains
This is the hard kind. prochain and prochains are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.ʃɛ̃\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “prochain” sits inside “prochains”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prochain is recorded at frequency rank #1,008, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.ʃɛ̃\. prochains is at rank #5,694, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.ʃɛ̃\.
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 6702, this pair ranks #425,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prochain vs prochains
Shared letters: achinopr. Private to "prochain": -. Private to "prochains": s.
"prochain" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "prochains" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prochain" and "prochains" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "prochain" or "prochains"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "prochain" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prochains" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prochain" and "prochains" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prochaines vs prochains". 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 #425,493 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.