Which to use
“prononcer” and “prononcez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,971
- “prononcer” frequency rank
- #43,086
- “prononcez” frequency rank
- 48057
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prononcer | prononcez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proférer, articuler les sons, les syllabes, les mots, en exprimer les prononciations. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prononcer. |
Same sound, different letters: prononcer vs prononcez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. prononcer and prononcez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - prononcer and prononcez
This is the hard kind. prononcer and prononcez are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se\) and both work as averb. 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 - r in “prononcer” becomes z in “prononcez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prononcer is recorded at frequency rank #4,971, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se\. prononcez is at rank #43,086, 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 48057, this pair ranks #181,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prononcer vs prononcez
Shared letters: cenopr. Private to "prononcer": -. Private to "prononcez": z.
"prononcer" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC · "prononcez" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prononcer" and "prononcez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prononcer" or "prononcez" show up more?
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 "prononcer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prononcez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #181,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prononcer" and "prononcez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prononcera 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 #181,994 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.