Which to use
“progressive” and “progressives” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,883
- “progressive” frequency rank
- #41,463
- “progressives” frequency rank
- 49346
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | progressive | progressives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de progressif. | Féminin pluriel de progressif. |
Same sound, different letters: progressive vs progressives
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Homophone desk: progressive vs progressives
This is the hard kind. progressive and progressives are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.siv\) 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) - “progressive” sits inside “progressives”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49346, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
progressive is recorded at frequency rank #7,883, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.siv\. progressives is at rank #41,463, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.siv\.
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 49346, this pair ranks #171,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of progressive vs progressives
Shared letters: egioprsv. Private to "progressive": -. Private to "progressives": -.
"progressive" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVCV · "progressives" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- progressive ← porgressive · pprogressive · prgoressive · progerssive · proggressive · progresisve · progresive · progressiev
- progressives ← porgressives · pprogressives · prgoressives · progerssives · proggressives · progresisves · progresives · progressievs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "progressive" for "progressives" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "progressive" or "progressives" show up more?
What to do next
"progressive" and "progressives" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "progressive" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "progressives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "progressive" and "progressives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "progressions vs progressives". 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 #171,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.