Which to use
“éprouve” and “éprouvent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,509
- “éprouve” frequency rank
- #24,454
- “éprouvent” frequency rank
- 35963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | éprouve | éprouvent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éprouver. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éprouver. |
Same sound, different letters: éprouve vs éprouvent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. éprouve runs 7 letters (VCCVVCV) against éprouvent's 9 (VCCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: éprouve vs éprouvent
This is the hard kind. éprouve and éprouvent are pronounced identically (\e.pʁuv\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “éprouve” sits inside “éprouvent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
éprouve is recorded at frequency rank #11,509, classified as averb, pronounced \e.pʁuv\. éprouvent is at rank #24,454, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.pʁuv\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 35963, this pair ranks #272,945 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of éprouve vs éprouvent
Shared letters: eopruvé. Private to "éprouve": -. Private to "éprouvent": nt.
"éprouve" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "éprouvent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "éprouve" for "éprouvent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "éprouve" vs "éprouvent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "éprouve" / "éprouvent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "éprouve" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "éprouvent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,945 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "éprouve" and "éprouvent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éprouvent vs éprouvette". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #272,945 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.