préjugésvspreuvesConfusable pair

Which to use

“préjugés” and “preuves” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,487
“préjugés” frequency rank
#2,540
“preuves” frequency rank
10027
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature préjugés preuves
Definition Pluriel de préjugé. Pluriel de preuve.

Where the eye mixes préjugés and preuves

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. préjugés runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against preuves's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
préjugés
7 ch
preuves

Why the eye confuses préjugés with preuves

A purely visual mix-up. préjugés (\pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\) and preuves (\pʁœv\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

préjugés is recorded at frequency rank #7,487, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\. preuves is at rank #2,540, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁœv\.

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 10027, this pair ranks #414,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of préjugés vs preuves

Shared letters: prsu. Private to "préjugés": gjé. Private to "preuves": ev.

"préjugés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "preuves" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • preuves ← peruves · ppreuves · preuevs · preuvess · preuvse · preuvves · prevues · prreuves

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "préjugés" for "preuves" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\ versus \pʁœv\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "préjugés" vs "preuves" - which ranks higher?
"preuves" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,540 in our French list, against #7,487 for "préjugés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "préjugés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "preuves" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #414,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "préjugés" and "preuves" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "préjuger vs préjugés". 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 #414,488 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list