Which to use
“prom” is a noun and “promue” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,950
- “prom” frequency rank
- #31,194
- “promue” frequency rank
- 71144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prom | promue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Promenade. | Féminin singulier de promu. |
Letter map: prom vs promue
Shared letters muted; letters that set prom and promue apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. prom runs 4 letters (CCVC) against promue's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for prom / promue
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: prom is anoun and promueanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “prom” sits inside “promue”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prom is recorded at frequency rank #39,950, classified as anoun. promue is at rank #31,194, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.my\.
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 71144, this pair ranks #48,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prom vs promue
Shared letters: mopr. Private to "prom": -. Private to "promue": eu.
"prom" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "promue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prom" for "promue" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "prom" or "promue" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "prom" vs "promue" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "prom" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prom" and "promue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs prom". 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 #48,652 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.