Which to use
“Prométhée” is a name and “promettre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,656
- “Prométhée” frequency rank
- #12,224
- “promettre” frequency rank
- 47880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Prométhée | promettre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Titan, fils de Japet, père de Deucalion, frère d’Épiméthée, créa l’homme d’argile et vola le feu des dieux pour lui insuffler la vie. Il fut condamné au supplice pour ce vol, et libéré par Héraclès. | S’engager verbalement ou par écrit à quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes Prométhée and promettre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Prométhée (CCVCVCCVV) and promettre (CCVCVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: Prométhée vs promettre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Prométhée is \pʁɔ.me.te\ while promettre is \pʁɔ.mɛtʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Prométhée is recorded at frequency rank #35,656, classified as aname, pronounced \pʁɔ.me.te\. promettre is at rank #12,224, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.mɛtʁ\.
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 47880, this pair ranks #183,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Prométhée vs promettre
Shared letters: emoprt. Private to "Prométhée": hé. Private to "promettre": -.
"Prométhée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVV · "promettre" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- promettre ← pormettre · ppromettre · prmoettre · proemttre · prometre · prometrte · prometter · promettrre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Prométhée" for "promettre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Prométhée" vs "promettre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Prométhée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promettre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #183,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Prométhée" and "promettre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "projetée vs Prométhée". 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 #183,415 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.