Which to use
“profondeur” and “profondeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,949
- “profondeur” frequency rank
- #14,332
- “profondeurs” frequency rank
- 17281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | profondeur | profondeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étendue d’une chose considérée depuis la surface ou l’entrée jusqu’au fond. | Pluriel de profondeur. |
Same sound, different letters: profondeur vs profondeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. profondeur runs 10 letters (CCVCVCCVVC) against profondeurs's 11 (CCVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: profondeur vs profondeurs
This is the hard kind. profondeur and profondeurs are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.fɔ̃.dœʁ\) 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) - “profondeur” sits inside “profondeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
profondeur is recorded at frequency rank #2,949, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.fɔ̃.dœʁ\. profondeurs is at rank #14,332, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.fɔ̃.dœʁ\.
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 17281, this pair ranks #383,925 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of profondeur vs profondeurs
Shared letters: defnopru. Private to "profondeur": -. Private to "profondeurs": s.
"profondeur" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "profondeurs" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- profondeur ← porfondeur · pprofondeur · prfoondeur · proffondeur · profnodeur · profodneur · profonddeur · profonderu
- profondeurs ← porfondeurs · pprofondeurs · prfoondeurs · proffondeurs · profnodeurs · profodneurs · profonddeurs · profonderus
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "profondeur" for "profondeurs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "profondeur" or "profondeurs"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "profondeur" / "profondeurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "profondeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "profondeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #383,925 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "profondeur" and "profondeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "profondes vs profondeurs". 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 #383,925 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.