pourvues

\puʁ.vy\

/\puʁ.vy\/ verb

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The verdict

“pourvues” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,106
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin pluriel de pourvoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pourvues · pourvues · French

pourvues · rank #36,106 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,106
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH potions

Nearest frequency peer: potions (-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 « pourvues »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pourvues » 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).

pourvues vs pourvus
88% similar
pourvues vs pourvu
75% similar
pourvues vs pourvue
88% similar

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

Key facts for pourvues
PropertyValue
Headwordpourvues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\puʁ.vy\
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,106
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pourvues »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « potions » (#36,105), « prendras » (#36,107), « polémiste » (#36,104). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pourvues » est au #36,106. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around pourvues (IPA \puʁ.vy\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,106 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin pluriel de pourvoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pourvues, with forms such as "opurvues", "poruvues", and "pourrvues". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "pourvus", "pourvu", "pourvue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pourvues, spelled P-O-U-R-V-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin pluriel de pourvoir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opurvues
  • poruvues
  • pourrvues
  • pouruves
  • pourveus
  • pourvuess
  • pourvuse
  • pourvvues
  • pouvrues
  • ppourvues
  • puorvues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pourvues - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opurvues2poruvues2pourrvues1pouruves2pourveus2pourvuess1pourvuse2pourvvues1
Edit distance from "pourvues"

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 "pourvues"?
"pourvues" is spelled P-O-U-R-V-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \puʁ.vy\.
What does "pourvues" mean?
As a verb, "pourvues" means: Participe passé féminin pluriel de pourvoir.
What words are commonly confused with "pourvues"?
"pourvues" is commonly confused with "pourvus", "pourvu", "pourvue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pourvues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pourvues" is \puʁ.vy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pourvues" come from?
"pourvues" 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 "pourvues", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prendras#36,107prononça#36,110plaignez#36,101Proudhon#36,113

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

plomber11 variantsQuiberon11 variantsrigolote11 variantsréprimé11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list