Which to use
“prouesse” and “prouesses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,090
- “prouesse” frequency rank
- #25,088
- “prouesses” frequency rank
- 54178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prouesse | prouesses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de preux, vaillance. | Pluriel de prouesse. |
Same sound, different letters: prouesse vs prouesses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. prouesse runs 8 letters (CCVVVCCV) against prouesses's 9 (CCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - prouesse and prouesses
This is the hard kind. prouesse and prouesses are pronounced identically (\pʁu.ɛs\) 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 extra letter(s) - “prouesse” sits inside “prouesses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prouesse is recorded at frequency rank #29,090, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁu.ɛs\. prouesses is at rank #25,088, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁu.ɛs\.
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 54178, this pair ranks #135,719 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prouesse vs prouesses
Shared letters: eoprsu. Private to "prouesse": -. Private to "prouesses": -.
"prouesse" · 8 letters · shape CCVVVCCV · "prouesses" · 9 letters · shape CCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prouesse" and "prouesses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prouesse" or "prouesses" show up more?
What to do next
"prouesse" and "prouesses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "prouesse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prouesses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,719 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prouesse" and "prouesses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "protesté vs prouesse". 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 #135,719 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.