Which to use
“éprouvée” and “éprouvées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,935
- “éprouvée” frequency rank
- #37,622
- “éprouvées” frequency rank
- 64557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | éprouvée | éprouvées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de éprouvé. | Féminin pluriel de éprouvé. |
Same sound, different letters: éprouvée vs éprouvées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. éprouvée runs 8 letters (VCCVVCVV) against éprouvées's 9 (VCCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - éprouvée and éprouvées
This is the hard kind. éprouvée and éprouvées are pronounced identically (\e.pʁu.ve\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “éprouvée” sits inside “éprouvées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
éprouvée is recorded at frequency rank #26,935, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.pʁu.ve\. éprouvées is at rank #37,622, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.pʁu.ve\.
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 64557, this pair ranks #76,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of éprouvée vs éprouvées
Shared letters: eopruvé. Private to "éprouvée": -. Private to "éprouvées": s.
"éprouvée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVV · "éprouvées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "éprouvée" and "éprouvées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "éprouvée" or "éprouvées"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "éprouvée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "éprouvées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "éprouvée" and "éprouvées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éprouvée vs éprouvette". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #76,498 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.