Which to use
“promeneur” and “promeneurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,471
- “promeneur” frequency rank
- #32,129
- “promeneurs” frequency rank
- 71600
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promeneur | promeneurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui se promène. | Pluriel de promeneur. |
Same sound, different letters: promeneur vs promeneurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. promeneur runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVC) against promeneurs's 10 (CCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - promeneur and promeneurs
This is the hard kind. promeneur and promeneurs are pronounced identically (\pʁɔm.nœʁ\) 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) - “promeneur” sits inside “promeneurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
promeneur is recorded at frequency rank #39,471, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔm.nœʁ\. promeneurs is at rank #32,129, 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 71600, this pair ranks #47,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of promeneur vs promeneurs
Shared letters: emnopru. Private to "promeneur": -. Private to "promeneurs": s.
"promeneur" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "promeneurs" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- promeneur ← pormeneur · ppromeneur · prmoeneur · proemneur · promeenur · promeneru · promeneurr · promenneur
- promeneurs ← pormeneurs · ppromeneurs · prmoeneurs · proemneurs · promeenurs · promenerus · promeneurrs · promeneurss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "promeneur" and "promeneurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "promeneur" or "promeneurs"?
Useful next steps
"promeneur" and "promeneurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "promeneur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promeneurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promeneur" and "promeneurs" 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 #47,001 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.