Which to use
“profond” and “profonds” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,355
- “profond” frequency rank
- #12,223
- “profonds” frequency rank
- 15578
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | profond | profonds |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a une cavité considérable ; dont le fond est éloigné de la surface, de l’ouverture, du bord, etc. | Masculin pluriel de profond. |
Same sound, different letters: profond vs profonds
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - profond / profonds
This is the hard kind. profond and profonds are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.fɔ̃\) 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) - “profond” sits inside “profonds”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
profond is recorded at frequency rank #3,355, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.fɔ̃\. profonds is at rank #12,223, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.fɔ̃\.
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 15578, this pair ranks #391,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of profond vs profonds
Shared letters: dfnopr. Private to "profond": -. Private to "profonds": s.
"profond" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC · "profonds" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "profond" and "profonds" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "profond" or "profonds"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "profond" / "profonds". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "profond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "profonds" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "profond" and "profonds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "profonds vs protons". 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 #391,747 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.