Which to use
“prolongée” and “prolongés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,537
- “prolongée” frequency rank
- #37,494
- “prolongés” frequency rank
- 47031
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prolongée | prolongés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de prolongé. | Masculin pluriel de prolongé. |
Same sound, different letters: prolongée vs prolongés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - prolongée and prolongés
This is the hard kind. prolongée and prolongés are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe\) 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 a single letter - e in “prolongée” becomes s in “prolongés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47031, 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\. prolongés is at rank #37,494, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe\.
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 47031, this pair ranks #190,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prolongée vs prolongés
Shared letters: glnopré. Private to "prolongée": e. Private to "prolongés": s.
"prolongée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVV · "prolongés" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prolongée" for "prolongés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "prolongée" vs "prolongés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prolongée" / "prolongés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prolongée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prolongés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #190,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prolongée" and "prolongés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prolongera vs prolongés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #190,184 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.