Which to use
“promue” and “promus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,194
- “promue” frequency rank
- #29,924
- “promus” frequency rank
- 61118
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promue | promus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de promu. | Masculin pluriel de promu. |
Same sound, different letters: promue vs promus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. promue (CCVCVV) and promus (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - promue and promus
This is the hard kind. promue and promus are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.my\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “promue” becomes s in “promus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
promue is recorded at frequency rank #31,194, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.my\. 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 61118, this pair ranks #93,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of promue vs promus
Shared letters: mopru. Private to "promue": e. Private to "promus": s.
"promue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "promus" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "promue" and "promus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "promue" or "promus"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "promue" 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 #93,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promue" 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 #93,979 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.