Which to use
“prompts” and “promus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,218
- “prompts” frequency rank
- #29,924
- “promus” frequency rank
- 65142
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prompts | promus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de prompt. | Masculin pluriel de promu. |
Where the eye mixes prompts and promus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. prompts runs 7 letters (CCVCCCC) against promus's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between prompts and promus
A purely visual mix-up. prompts (\pʁɔ̃\) and promus (\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 65142, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prompts is recorded at frequency rank #35,218, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ̃\. 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 65142, this pair ranks #73,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prompts vs promus
Shared letters: moprs. Private to "prompts": t. Private to "promus": u.
"prompts" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCC · "promus" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prompts" for "promus" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "prompts" or "promus" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "prompts" 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 #73,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prompts" 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 #73,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.