Which to use
“progressé” and “progresser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,448
- “progressé” frequency rank
- #7,103
- “progresser” frequency rank
- 20551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | progressé | progresser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de progresser. | Faire des progrès. |
Same sound, different letters: progressé vs progresser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - progressé and progresser
This is the hard kind. progressé and progresser are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.ɡʁe.se\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
progressé is recorded at frequency rank #13,448, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁe.se\. progresser is at rank #7,103, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁe.se\.
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 20551, this pair ranks #367,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of progressé vs progresser
Shared letters: egoprs. Private to "progressé": é. Private to "progresser": -.
"progressé" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV · "progresser" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- progresser ← porgresser · pprogresser · prgoresser · progersser · proggresser · progreser · progresesr · progresserr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "progressé" and "progresser" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "progressé" or "progresser"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "progressé" / "progresser". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "progressé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "progresser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "progressé" and "progresser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "progress vs progressé". 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 #367,706 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.