Which to use
“prostituées” and “prostitués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,898
- “prostituées” frequency rank
- #40,438
- “prostitués” frequency rank
- 50336
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prostituées | prostitués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de prostituée. | Pluriel de prostitué. |
Same sound, different letters: prostituées vs prostitués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. prostituées runs 11 letters (CCVCCVCVVVC) against prostitués's 10 (CCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - prostituées / prostitués
This is the hard kind. prostituées and prostitués are pronounced identically (\pʁɔs.ti.tɥe\) and both work as anoun. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50336, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prostituées is recorded at frequency rank #9,898, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔs.ti.tɥe\. prostitués is at rank #40,438, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔs.ti.tɥe\.
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 50336, this pair ranks #163,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prostituées vs prostitués
Shared letters: ioprstué. Private to "prostituées": e. Private to "prostitués": -.
"prostituées" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCVVVC · "prostitués" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prostituées" / "prostitués". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prostituées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prostitués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prostituées" and "prostitués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prostituer vs prostitués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #163,437 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.