Which to use
“prenons” and “prévois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,730
- “prenons” frequency rank
- #19,119
- “prévois” frequency rank
- 25849
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prenons | prévois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe prendre. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévoir. |
Where the eye mixes prenons and prévois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. prenons (CCVCVCC) and prévois (CCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between prenons and prévois
A purely visual mix-up. prenons (\pʁə.nɔ̃\) 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 25849, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prenons is recorded at frequency rank #6,730, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁə.nɔ̃\. 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 25849, this pair ranks #338,518 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prenons vs prévois
Shared letters: oprs. Private to "prenons": en. Private to "prévois": ivé.
"prenons" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC · "prévois" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prenons ← pernons · pprenons · prennons · prennos · prenonns · prenonss · prenosn · preonns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prenons" and "prévois" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prenons" or "prévois" 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 "prenons" 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 #338,518 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prenons" 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 #338,518 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.