Which to use
“percevoir” and “prévoir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,763
- “percevoir” frequency rank
- #4,703
- “prévoir” frequency rank
- 15466
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percevoir | prévoir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Recevoir, recueillir certaines choses, comme les revenus d’une propriété, des droits, des impôts, etc. | Juger par avance qu’une chose doit arriver. |
Where the eye mixes percevoir and prévoir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. percevoir runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against prévoir's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between percevoir and prévoir
A purely visual mix-up. percevoir (\pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ\) and prévoir (\pʁe.vwaʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
percevoir is recorded at frequency rank #10,763, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ\. prévoir is at rank #4,703, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁe.vwaʁ\.
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 15466, this pair ranks #392,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of percevoir vs prévoir
Shared letters: ioprv. Private to "percevoir": ce. Private to "prévoir": é.
"percevoir" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "prévoir" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- percevoir ← eprcevoir · pecrevoir · perccevoir · perceovir · percevior · percevoirr · percevori · percevvoir
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "percevoir" and "prévoir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "percevoir" or "prévoir" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "percevoir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prévoir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percevoir" and "prévoir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "percevoir vs perchoir". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #392,248 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.