prouver

\pʁu.ve\

/\pʁu.ve\/ verb

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The verdict

“prouver” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,443. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,443
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établir la vérité de quelque chose par le raisonnement ou par le témoignage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prouver · prouver · French

prouver · rank #2,443 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,443
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH progrès

Nearest frequency peer: progrès (-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 « prouver »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prouver » 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).

prouver vs prouvez
86% similar
prouver vs prouvés
71% similar
prouver vs prouvera
88% similar

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

Key facts for prouver
PropertyValue
Headwordprouver
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁu.ve\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,443
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prouver »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.prouverse 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 « progrès » (#2,442), « puissant » (#2,444), « princesse » (#2,441). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prouver » est au #2,443. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around prouver (IPA \pʁu.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,443 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for prouver, with forms such as "poruver", "pprouver", and "prouevr". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "prouvez", "prouvés", "prouvera", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is prouver, spelled P-R-O-U-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Établir la vérité de quelque chose par le raisonnement ou par le témoignage.
  2. 2
    Montrer, indiquer, marquer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Plus de deux cents auteurs des plus graves et des plus honorables racontent cette histoire aussi prouvée pour le moins que la mort de Henri IV.
  2. Elle appelle le délinquant à son tribunal ; elle commence par lui administrer la bâtonnade pour lui rafraîchir la mémoire, et ensuite elle lui dit : Prouve ton innocence.

Synonyms

argumenterattestermontrerdémontrerjustifiervérifierexprimer

Antonyms

réfuter

This word in other languages

prove(English)probar(Español)argumentieren(Deutsch)provar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • poruver
  • pprouver
  • prouevr
  • prouverr
  • prouvre
  • prouvver
  • provuer
  • prrouver
  • pruover
  • rpouver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

poruver2pprouver1prouevr2prouverr1prouvre2prouvver1provuer2prrouver1
Edit distance from "prouver"

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 "prouver"?
"prouver" is spelled P-R-O-U-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁu.ve\.
What does "prouver" mean?
As a verb, "prouver" means: Établir la vérité de quelque chose par le raisonnement ou par le témoignage.
What words are commonly confused with "prouver"?
"prouver" is commonly confused with "prouvez", "prouvés", "prouvera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prouver"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prouver" is \pʁu.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prouver" come from?
"prouver" 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 "prouver", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

progrès#2,442passent#2,438retirer#2,448million#2,432

Similar misspelling depth

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

officielle10 variantsfournir10 variantsmeurtre10 variantsvoisins10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list