Which to use
“promenade” and “promenades” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,128
- “promenade” frequency rank
- #14,767
- “promenades” frequency rank
- 20895
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promenade | promenades |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de se promener. | Pluriel de promenade. |
Same sound, different letters: promenade vs promenades
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. promenade runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against promenades's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: promenade vs promenades
This is the hard kind. promenade and promenades are pronounced identically (\pʁɔm.nad\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “promenade” sits inside “promenades”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
promenade is recorded at frequency rank #6,128, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔm.nad\. promenades is at rank #14,767, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔm.nad\.
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 20895, this pair ranks #365,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of promenade vs promenades
Shared letters: ademnopr. Private to "promenade": -. Private to "promenades": s.
"promenade" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "promenades" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- promenade ← pormenade · ppromenade · prmoenade · proemnade · promeande · promenadde · promenaed · promendae
- promenades ← pormenades · ppromenades · prmoenades · proemnades · promeandes · promenaddes · promenadess · promenadse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "promenade" and "promenades" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "promenade" vs "promenades" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"promenade" and "promenades" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "promenade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promenades" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promenade" and "promenades" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "promenade vs promené". 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 #365,932 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.