Which to use
“prolongées” is an adjective and “prolonger” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,535
- “prolongées” frequency rank
- #8,016
- “prolonger” frequency rank
- 40551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prolongées | prolonger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de prolongé. | Faire durer plus longtemps. |
Same sound, different letters: prolongées vs prolonger
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. prolongées runs 10 letters (CCVCVCCVVC) against prolonger's 9 (CCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: prolongées vs prolonger
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: prolongées and prolonger carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prolongées is recorded at frequency rank #32,535, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe\. prolonger is at rank #8,016, tagged as averb, 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 40551, this pair ranks #239,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prolongées vs prolonger
Shared letters: eglnopr. Private to "prolongées": sé. Private to "prolonger": -.
"prolongées" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "prolonger" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prolonger ← porlonger · pprolonger · prloonger · prollonger · prolnoger · prologner · prolonegr · prolongerr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prolongées" and "prolonger" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "prolongées" vs "prolonger" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "prolongées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prolonger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #239,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prolongées" and "prolonger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prolongées 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 #239,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.