Which to use
“progrès” and “progress” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,442
- “progrès” frequency rank
- #34,266
- “progress” frequency rank
- 36708
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | progrès | progress |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mouvement en avant de la civilisation, en général ou dans un de ses domaines particuliers. | Avancement (dans une série d’événements). |
Where the eye mixes progrès and progress
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between progrès and progress
A purely visual mix-up. progrès (\pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ\) and progress (\ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs\) 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 36708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
progrès is recorded at frequency rank #2,442, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ\. progress is at rank #34,266, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs\.
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 36708, this pair ranks #267,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of progrès vs progress
Shared letters: goprs. Private to "progrès": è. Private to "progress": e.
"progrès" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "progress" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- progress ← porgress · pprogress · prgoress · progerss · proggress · progrress · progrses · prorgess
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "progrès" and "progress" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "progrès" vs "progress" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "progrès" and "progress" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "progrès" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "progress" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "progrès" and "progress" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "process vs progress". 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 #267,674 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.