prospèrevsprospèresConfusable pair

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.

8 ch
prospère
9 ch
prospères

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\pʁɔs.pɛʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "prospère" vs "prospères" - which ranks higher?
"prospère" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,236 in our French list, against #35,219 for "prospères". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list