Which to use
“procurer” is a verb and “procureurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,102
- “procurer” frequency rank
- #15,971
- “procureurs” frequency rank
- 23073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | procurer | procureurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire obtenir à une personne quelque avantage par son crédit, par ses soins. | Pluriel de procureur. |
Where the eye mixes procurer and procureurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. procurer runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against procureurs's 10 (CCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between procurer and procureurs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: procurer is \pʁɔ.ky.ʁe\ while procureurs is \pʁɔ.ky.ʁœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
procurer is recorded at frequency rank #7,102, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.ky.ʁe\. procureurs is at rank #15,971, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.ky.ʁœʁ\.
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 23073, this pair ranks #354,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of procurer vs procureurs
Shared letters: ceopru. Private to "procurer": -. Private to "procureurs": s.
"procurer" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "procureurs" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- procurer ← porcurer · pprocurer · prcourer · proccurer · procruer · procuerr · procurerr · procurre
- procureurs ← porcureurs · pprocureurs · prcoureurs · proccureurs · procrueurs · procuerurs · procurerus · procureurrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "procurer" for "procureurs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "procurer" or "procureurs"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "procurer" and "procureurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "procurer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "procureurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #354,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "procurer" and "procureurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "procureure vs procureurs". 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 #354,526 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.