Which to use
“prodiguer” and “prodigués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,840
- “prodiguer” frequency rank
- #39,470
- “prodigués” frequency rank
- 73310
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prodiguer | prodigués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donner, dépenser avec profusion. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de prodiguer. |
Same sound, different letters: prodiguer vs prodigués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. prodiguer and prodigués follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: prodiguer vs prodigués
This is the hard kind. prodiguer and prodigués are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.di.ɡe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prodiguer is recorded at frequency rank #33,840, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.di.ɡe\. prodigués is at rank #39,470, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.di.ɡe\.
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 73310, this pair ranks #40,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prodiguer vs prodigués
Shared letters: dgiopru. Private to "prodiguer": e. Private to "prodigués": sé.
"prodiguer" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "prodigués" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prodiguer ← pordiguer · pprodiguer · prdoiguer · proddiguer · prodgiuer · prodigeur · prodigguer · prodiguerr
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "prodiguer" / "prodigués". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prodiguer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prodigués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prodiguer" and "prodigués" 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 #40,923 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.