promosvspromusConfusable pair

Quick tell: promos is a noun, promus is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“promos” is a noun and “promus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,429
“promos” frequency rank
#29,924
“promus” frequency rank
51353
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature promos promus
Definition Pluriel de promo. Masculin pluriel de promu.

Where the eye mixes promos and promus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. promos and promus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
promos
6 ch
promus

Look-alike desk: promos vs promus

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: promos is \pʁɔ.mɔ\ while promus is \pʁɔ.my\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - o in “promos” becomes u in “promus”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

promos is recorded at frequency rank #21,429, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.mɔ\. promus is at rank #29,924, 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 51353, this pair ranks #155,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of promos vs promus

Shared letters: moprs. Private to "promos": -. Private to "promus": u.

"promos" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "promus" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • promos ← pormos · ppromos · prmoos · prommos · promoss · promso · prooms · prromos
  • promus ← pormus · ppromus · prmous · prommus · promsu · promuss · proums · prromus

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "promos" and "promus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "promos" is a noun and "promus" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "promos" vs "promus" - which ranks higher?
"promos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,429 in our French list, against #29,924 for "promus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "promos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "promus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #155,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "promos" and "promus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "produis vs promus". 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 #155,673 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list