Which to use
“prolongées” and “prolongés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,535
- “prolongées” frequency rank
- #37,494
- “prolongés” frequency rank
- 70029
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prolongées | prolongés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de prolongé. | Masculin pluriel de prolongé. |
Same sound, different letters: prolongées vs prolongés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. prolongées runs 10 letters (CCVCVCCVVC) against prolongés's 9 (CCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - prolongées and prolongés
This is the hard kind. prolongées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70029, 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\. 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 70029, this pair ranks #52,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prolongées vs prolongés
Shared letters: glnoprsé. Private to "prolongées": e. Private to "prolongés": -.
"prolongées" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "prolongés" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prolongées" and "prolongés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prolongées" or "prolongés" show up more?
After this comparison
"prolongées" and "prolongés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "prolongées" 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 #52,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prolongées" and "prolongés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prolongera vs prolongés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #52,901 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.