Which to use
“prêté” is a noun and “prévu” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,129
- “prêté” frequency rank
- #1,401
- “prévu” frequency rank
- 7530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prêté | prévu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Objet d'un prêt. | Qui a été prévu, à quoi l’on s’attend. |
Where the eye mixes prêté and prévu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses prêté with prévu
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prêté is \pʁɛ.te\ while prévu is \pʁe.vy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prêté is recorded at frequency rank #6,129, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɛ.te\. prévu is at rank #1,401, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.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 7530, this pair ranks #422,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prêté vs prévu
Shared letters: pré. Private to "prêté": tê. Private to "prévu": uv.
"prêté" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prévu" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prêté" and "prévu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prêté" or "prévu" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "prêté" and "prévu" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "prêté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prévu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prêté" and "prévu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs prêté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #422,893 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.