Which to use
“prononcé” is an adjective and “prononcer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,792
- “prononcé” frequency rank
- #4,971
- “prononcer” frequency rank
- 9763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prononcé | prononcer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a été dit. | Proférer, articuler les sons, les syllabes, les mots, en exprimer les prononciations. |
Same sound, different letters: prononcé vs prononcer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. prononcé runs 8 letters (CCVCVCCV) against prononcer's 9 (CCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: prononcé vs prononcer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: prononcé and prononcer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prononcé is recorded at frequency rank #4,792, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se\. prononcer is at rank #4,971, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se\.
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 9763, this pair ranks #415,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prononcé vs prononcer
Shared letters: cnopr. Private to "prononcé": é. Private to "prononcer": e.
"prononcé" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV · "prononcer" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prononcer ← pornoncer · pprononcer · prnooncer · pronnocer · pronnoncer · pronocner · prononccer · prononcerr
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "prononcé" vs "prononcer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "prononcé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prononcer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prononcé" and "prononcer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prononcer vs prononcez". 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 #415,499 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.