peuvent

\pœv\

/\pœv\/ verb

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The verdict

“peuvent” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #306. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#306
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de pouvoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-peuvent · peuvent · French

peuvent · rank #306 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #306
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pu

Nearest frequency peer: pu (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « peuvent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « peuvent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

peuvent vs puent
71% similar
peuvent vs purent
71% similar
peuvent vs pouvant
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for peuvent
PropertyValue
Headwordpeuvent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pœv\
Letters7
Frequency rank#306
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « peuvent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).peuventse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pu » (#307), « rapport » (#304), « trouver » (#308). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « peuvent » est au #306. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around peuvent (IPA \pœv\), averb. Corpus frequency is #306 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de pouvoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for peuvent, with forms such as "epuvent", "peuevnt", and "peuvennt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "puent", "purent", "pouvant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is peuvent, spelled P-E-U-V-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de pouvoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how peuvent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Si la buvette est ouverte, il me paraît que les consommateurs n’y peuvent trouver qu’un choix restreint de consommations.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epuvent
  • peuevnt
  • peuvennt
  • peuventt
  • peuvetn
  • peuvnet
  • peuvvent
  • pevuent
  • ppeuvent
  • puevent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of peuvent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

epuvent2peuevnt2peuvennt1peuventt1peuvetn2peuvnet2peuvvent1pevuent2
Edit distance from "peuvent"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peuvent"?
"peuvent" is spelled P-E-U-V-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pœv\.
What does "peuvent" mean?
As a verb, "peuvent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de pouvoir.
What words are commonly confused with "peuvent"?
"peuvent" is commonly confused with "puent", "purent", "pouvant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "peuvent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peuvent" is \pœv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peuvent" come from?
"peuvent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "peuvent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rapport#304trouver#308semaine#321service#322

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

article10 variantsdernier10 variantssurtout10 variantsexemple10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list