Which to use
“profité” and “profites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,011
- “profité” frequency rank
- #18,026
- “profites” frequency rank
- 24037
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | profité | profites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de profiter. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de profiter. |
Where the eye mixes profité and profites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between profité and profites
A purely visual mix-up. profité (\pʁɔ.fi.te\) and profites (\pʁɔ.fit\) 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 24037, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
profité is recorded at frequency rank #6,011, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.fi.te\. profites is at rank #18,026, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.fit\.
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 24037, this pair ranks #349,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of profité vs profites
Shared letters: fioprt. Private to "profité": é. Private to "profites": es.
"profité" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "profites" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- profites ← porfites · pprofites · prfoites · proffites · profiets · profitess · profitse · profittes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "profité" and "profites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "profité" or "profites" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "profité" and "profites" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "profité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "profites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #349,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "profité" and "profites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "profites vs profiteur". 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 #349,008 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.