prévoient

\pʁe.vwa\

/\pʁe.vwa\/ verb

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The verdict

“prévoient” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,453. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,453
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-prevoient · prévoient · French

prévoient · rank #16,453 · 14 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,453
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH précurseur

Nearest frequency peer: précurseur (-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 « prévoient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prévoient » 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).

prévoient vs prévoit
78% similar
prévoient vs provient
78% similar
prévoient vs prévoyant
78% similar

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

Key facts for prévoient
PropertyValue
Headwordprévoient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁe.vwa\
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,453
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prévoient »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.prévoientse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « précurseur » (#16,452), « publia » (#16,454), « préambule » (#16,451). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prévoient » est au #16,453. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around prévoient (IPA \pʁe.vwa\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,453 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for prévoient, with forms such as "pprévoient", "prevoient", and "prrévoient". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "prévoit", "provient", "prévoyant", 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 prévoient, spelled P-R-É-V-O-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prévoir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de prévoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les imaginatifs prévoient l’utilisation de cet instrument pour gouverner le monde selon les vues de Big Brother.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprévoient
  • prevoient
  • prrévoient
  • prvéoient
  • préovient
  • prévioent
  • prévoeint
  • prévoiennt
  • prévoientt
  • prévoietn
  • prévoinet
  • prévvoient
  • pérvoient
  • rpévoient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prévoient - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

pprévoient1prevoient1prrévoient1prvéoient2préovient2prévioent2prévoeint2prévoiennt1
Edit distance from "prévoient"

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 "prévoient"?
"prévoient" is spelled P-R-É-V-O-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.vwa\.
What does "prévoient" mean?
As a verb, "prévoient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prévoir.
What words are commonly confused with "prévoient"?
"prévoient" is commonly confused with "prévoit", "provient", "prévoyant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prévoient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prévoient" is \pʁe.vwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prévoient" come from?
"prévoient" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

préambule#16,451rappelait#16,459réclamant#16,468oublierai#16,435

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

radiations14 variantsretrouvait14 variantssacrement14 variantssanctionné14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list