Which to use
“prolongée” is an adjective and “prolongent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,537
- “prolongée” frequency rank
- #33,842
- “prolongent” frequency rank
- 43379
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prolongée | prolongent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de prolongé. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prolonger. |
Where the eye mixes prolongée and prolongent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: prolongée vs prolongent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prolongée is \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe\ while prolongent is \pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43379, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prolongée is recorded at frequency rank #9,537, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe\. prolongent is at rank #33,842, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ\.
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 43379, this pair ranks #218,494 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prolongée vs prolongent
Shared letters: eglnopr. Private to "prolongée": é. Private to "prolongent": t.
"prolongée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVV · "prolongent" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prolongent ← porlongent · pprolongent · prloongent · prollongent · prolnogent · prolognent · prolonegnt · prolongennt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prolongée" and "prolongent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "prolongée" vs "prolongent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "prolongée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prolongent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,494 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prolongée" and "prolongent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prolongent vs prolongera". 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 #218,494 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.