Which to use
“prompte” and “promue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,464
- “prompte” frequency rank
- #31,194
- “promue” frequency rank
- 72658
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prompte | promue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de prompt. | Féminin singulier de promu. |
Where the eye mixes prompte and promue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses prompte with promue
A purely visual mix-up. prompte (\pʁɔ̃t\) and promue (\pʁɔ.my\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prompte is recorded at frequency rank #41,464, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ̃t\. promue is at rank #31,194, 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 72658, this pair ranks #43,233 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prompte vs promue
Shared letters: emopr. Private to "prompte": t. Private to "promue": u.
"prompte" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "promue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prompte" and "promue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prompte" or "promue" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "prompte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,233 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prompte" and "promue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "promené vs prompte". 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 #43,233 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.