Which to use
“promener” is a verb and “promeneur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,743
- “promener” frequency rank
- #39,471
- “promeneur” frequency rank
- 47214
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promener | promeneur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mener, conduire, faire aller quelqu’un de côté ou d’autre, soit pour l’amuser, soit pour qu’il prenne de l’exercice. | Personne qui se promène. |
Where the eye mixes promener and promeneur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. promener runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against promeneur's 9 (CCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: promener vs promeneur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: promener is \pʁɔ.mə.ne\ while promeneur is \pʁɔm.nœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47214, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
promener is recorded at frequency rank #7,743, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.mə.ne\. promeneur is at rank #39,471, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔm.nœʁ\.
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 47214, this pair ranks #188,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of promener vs promeneur
Shared letters: emnopr. Private to "promener": -. Private to "promeneur": u.
"promener" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "promeneur" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "promener" for "promeneur" ever safe?
Frequency check: "promener" vs "promeneur" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "promener" and "promeneur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "promener" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promeneur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promener" and "promeneur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "promené vs promeneur". 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 #188,654 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.