Which to use
“pourvue” and “pourvus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,915
- “pourvue” frequency rank
- #22,657
- “pourvus” frequency rank
- 50572
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pourvue | pourvus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de pourvoir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de pourvoir. |
Same sound, different letters: pourvue vs pourvus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - pourvue / pourvus
This is the hard kind. pourvue and pourvus 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 a single letter - e in “pourvue” becomes s in “pourvus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50572, 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\. pourvus is at rank #22,657, 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 50572, this pair ranks #161,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pourvue vs pourvus
Shared letters: opruv. Private to "pourvue": e. Private to "pourvus": s.
"pourvue" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "pourvus" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pourvue" and "pourvus" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pourvue" vs "pourvus" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "pourvue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pourvus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pourvue" and "pourvus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pourvue 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 #161,607 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.