Which to use
“progressif” and “progressifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,052
- “progressif” frequency rank
- #40,436
- “progressifs” frequency rank
- 50488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | progressif | progressifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui porte en avant, qui relève du progrès. | Masculin pluriel de progressif. |
Same sound, different letters: progressif vs progressifs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Homophone desk: progressif vs progressifs
This is the hard kind. progressif and progressifs are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif\) 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) - “progressif” sits inside “progressifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
progressif is recorded at frequency rank #10,052, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif\. progressifs is at rank #40,436, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif\.
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 50488, this pair ranks #162,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of progressif vs progressifs
Shared letters: efgioprs. Private to "progressif": -. Private to "progressifs": -.
"progressif" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC · "progressifs" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- progressif ← porgressif · pprogressif · prgoressif · progerssif · proggressif · progresif · progresisf · progressfi
- progressifs ← porgressifs · pprogressifs · prgoressifs · progerssifs · proggressifs · progresifs · progresisfs · progressfis
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"progressif" and "progressifs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "progressif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "progressifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "progressif" and "progressifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "progressifs vs progressions". 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 #162,239 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.