progressentvsprogresserTell them apart

Which to use

“progressent” and “progresser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,991
“progressent” frequency rank
#7,103
“progresser” frequency rank
31094
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature progressent progresser
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de progresser. Faire des progrès.

Where the eye mixes progressent and progresser

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
progressent
10 ch
progresser

Why the eye confuses progressent with progresser

A purely visual mix-up. progressent (\pʁɔ.ɡʁɛs\) and progresser (\pʁɔ.ɡʁe.se\) 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 31094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

progressent is recorded at frequency rank #23,991, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛs\. 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 31094, this pair ranks #306,020 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of progressent vs progresser

Shared letters: egoprs. Private to "progressent": nt. Private to "progresser": -.

"progressent" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVCC  ·  "progresser" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • progressentporgressent · pprogressent · prgoressent · progerssent · proggressent · progresent · progresesnt · progressennt
  • progresserporgresser · pprogresser · prgoresser · progersser · proggresser · progreser · progresesr · progresserr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "progressent" and "progresser" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\pʁɔ.ɡʁɛs\ versus \pʁɔ.ɡʁe.se\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "progressent" vs "progresser" - which ranks higher?
"progresser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,103 in our French list, against #23,991 for "progressent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "progressent" and "progresser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "progressent" 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 #306,020 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "progressent" and "progresser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "progressant vs progressent". 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 #306,020 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list