Which to use
“prodige” and “prodiges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,217
- “prodige” frequency rank
- #37,008
- “prodiges” frequency rank
- 53225
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prodige | prodiges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Événement surprenant qui arrive contre le cours ordinaire des choses. | Pluriel de prodige. |
Same sound, different letters: prodige vs prodiges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: prodige vs prodiges
This is the hard kind. prodige and prodiges are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.diʒ\) 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) - “prodige” sits inside “prodiges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prodige is recorded at frequency rank #16,217, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.diʒ\. prodiges is at rank #37,008, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.diʒ\.
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 53225, this pair ranks #142,218 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prodige vs prodiges
Shared letters: degiopr. Private to "prodige": -. Private to "prodiges": s.
"prodige" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "prodiges" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prodige" for "prodiges" ever safe?
Frequency check: "prodige" vs "prodiges" - which ranks higher?
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 "prodige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prodiges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #142,218 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prodige" and "prodiges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prodiges vs prodigués". 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 #142,218 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.