Which to use
“prône” and “proxy” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,838
- “prône” frequency rank
- #30,753
- “proxy” frequency rank
- 42591
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prône | proxy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Instruction chrétienne que le curé ou un vicaire fait tous les dimanches en chaire, à la messe paroissiale. | Serveur informatique qui a pour fonction de relayer des requêtes entre un poste client et un serveur, utilisé pour assurer les fonctions de mémoire cache, de journalisation des requêtes (« logging »), assurer la sécurité du réseau local, le filtrage et l’anonymat. |
Where the eye mixes prône and proxy
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: prône vs proxy
A purely visual mix-up. prône (\pʁon\) and proxy (\pʁɔk.si\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prône is recorded at frequency rank #11,838, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁon\. proxy is at rank #30,753, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔk.si\.
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 42591, this pair ranks #224,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prône vs proxy
Shared letters: pr. Private to "prône": enô. Private to "proxy": oxy.
"prône" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "proxy" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- proxy ← porxy · pproxy · proxxy · proxyy · proyx · prroxy · prxoy · rpoxy
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prône" for "proxy" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "prône" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "proxy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prône" and "proxy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proud vs proxy". 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 #224,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.