Which to use
“prospère” and “prospères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,236
- “prospère” frequency rank
- #35,219
- “prospères” frequency rank
- 48455
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prospère | prospères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est dans une période de réussite, de succès. | Pluriel de prospère. |
Same sound, different letters: prospère vs prospères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. prospère runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCV) against prospères's 9 (CCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - prospère / prospères
This is the hard kind. prospère and prospères are pronounced identically (\pʁɔs.pɛʁ\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “prospère” sits inside “prospères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prospère is recorded at frequency rank #13,236, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔs.pɛʁ\. prospères is at rank #35,219, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔs.pɛʁ\.
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 48455, this pair ranks #178,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prospère vs prospères
Shared letters: eoprsè. Private to "prospère": -. Private to "prospères": -.
"prospère" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV · "prospères" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prospère" for "prospères" ever safe?
Frequency check: "prospère" vs "prospères" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prospère" / "prospères". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prospère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prospères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prospère" and "prospères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prospèrent vs prospères". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #178,793 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.