Which to use
“prononcée” is an adjective and “prononcer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,897
- “prononcée” frequency rank
- #4,971
- “prononcer” frequency rank
- 14868
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prononcée | prononcer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de prononcé. | Proférer, articuler les sons, les syllabes, les mots, en exprimer les prononciations. |
Same sound, different letters: prononcée vs prononcer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. prononcée (CCVCVCCVV) and prononcer (CCVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - prononcée and prononcer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: prononcée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prononcée is recorded at frequency rank #9,897, 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 14868, this pair ranks #394,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prononcée vs prononcer
Shared letters: cenopr. Private to "prononcée": é. Private to "prononcer": -.
"prononcée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVV · "prononcer" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prononcer ← pornoncer · pprononcer · prnooncer · pronnocer · pronnoncer · pronocner · prononccer · prononcerr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prononcée" for "prononcer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "prononcée" or "prononcer" show up more?
After this comparison
"prononcée" and "prononcer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "prononcée" 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 #394,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prononcée" and "prononcer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prononcée 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 #394,871 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.