# proves

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɹuːvz/ · frequency rank #6,506

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prove

## Easily confused with
- **Provo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proves-vs-provo)
- **prunes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proves-vs-prunes)
- **prowess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proves-vs-prowess)
- **provost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proves-vs-provost)
- **proviso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proves-vs-proviso)
- **provides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proves-vs-provides)
- **pros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pros-vs-proves)
- **pres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pres-vs-proves)
- **prove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prove-vs-proves)
- **probe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probe-vs-proves)
- **prone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-proves)
- **poles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poles-vs-proves)
- **props** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/props-vs-proves)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prose-vs-proves)
- **pores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pores-vs-proves)
- **pokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pokes-vs-proves)
- **probs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probs-vs-proves)
- **prices** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prices-vs-proves)
- **proper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-proves)
- **proved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proved-vs-proves)

## Common misspellings (9)
`porves`, `pproves`, `proevs`, `provess`, `provse`, `provves`, `prroves`, `prvoes`, `rpoves`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/proves