Which to use
“prenais” and “prévois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,035
- “prenais” frequency rank
- #19,119
- “prévois” frequency rank
- 32154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prenais | prévois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du verbe prendre. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévoir. |
Where the eye mixes prenais and prévois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. prenais and prévois follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: prenais vs prévois
A purely visual mix-up. prenais (\pʁə.nɛ\) and prévois (\pʁe.vwa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prenais is recorded at frequency rank #13,035, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁə.nɛ\. prévois is at rank #19,119, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁe.vwa\.
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 32154, this pair ranks #299,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prenais vs prévois
Shared letters: iprs. Private to "prenais": aen. Private to "prévois": ové.
"prenais" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "prévois" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prenais ← pernais · pprenais · preanis · prenaiss · prenasi · prenias · prennais · prneais
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prenais" for "prévois" ever safe?
Which is more common, "prenais" or "prévois"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "prenais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prévois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #299,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prenais" and "prévois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prédis vs prévois". 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 #299,149 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.