prouve

\pʁuv\

/\pʁuv\/ verb

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The verdict

“prouve” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,490. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,490
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de prouver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prouve · prouve · French

prouve · rank #3,490 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,490
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prisonniers

Nearest frequency peer: prisonniers (-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 « prouve »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prouve » 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).

prouve vs prune
67% similar
prouve vs prude
67% similar
prouve vs prouver
86% similar

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

Key facts for prouve
PropertyValue
Headwordprouve
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁuv\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,490
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prouve »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.prouvese 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 « prisonniers » (#3,489), « Provence » (#3,491), « potes » (#3,488). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prouve » est au #3,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around prouve (IPA \pʁuv\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,490 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for prouve, with forms such as "poruve", "pprouve", and "prouev". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prune", "prude", "prouver", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is prouve, spelled P-R-O-U-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de prouver.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de prouver.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de prouver.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de prouver.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de prouver.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le citoyen Tracy, mon collègue au Sénat, et mon confrère à l’Institut national, prouve, avec beaucoup de sagacité, que toute idée de corps extérieurs suppose des impressions de résistance, et que les impressions de résistance ne deviennent distinctes que par le sentiment du mouvement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • poruve
  • pprouve
  • prouev
  • prouvve
  • provue
  • prrouve
  • pruove
  • rpouve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prouve - 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.

poruve2pprouve1prouev2prouvve1provue2prrouve1pruove2rpouve2
Edit distance from "prouve"

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 "prouve"?
"prouve" is spelled P-R-O-U-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁuv\.
What does "prouve" mean?
As a verb, "prouve" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de prouver.
What words are commonly confused with "prouve"?
"prouve" is commonly confused with "prune", "prude", "prouver". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prouve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prouve" is \pʁuv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prouve" come from?
"prouve" 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 "prouve", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pertes#3,485paquet#3,482opposé#3,478soldat#3,504

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

recette8 variantsamende8 variantsamener8 variantshautes8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list