Which to use
“pourvue” and “pourvues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,915
- “pourvue” frequency rank
- #36,106
- “pourvues” frequency rank
- 64021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pourvue | pourvues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de pourvoir. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de pourvoir. |
Same sound, different letters: pourvue vs pourvues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. pourvue runs 7 letters (CVVCCVV) against pourvues's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - pourvue / pourvues
This is the hard kind. pourvue and pourvues are pronounced identically (\puʁ.vy\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “pourvue” sits inside “pourvues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pourvue is recorded at frequency rank #27,915, classified as averb, pronounced \puʁ.vy\. pourvues is at rank #36,106, tagged as averb, pronounced \puʁ.vy\.
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 64021, this pair ranks #79,076 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pourvue vs pourvues
Shared letters: eopruv. Private to "pourvue": -. Private to "pourvues": s.
"pourvue" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "pourvues" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pourvue" and "pourvues" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pourvue" vs "pourvues" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "pourvue" / "pourvues". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "pourvue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pourvues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,076 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pourvue" and "pourvues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pourpres vs pourvues". 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 #79,076 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.