Which to use
“prêtées” is an adjective and “preuves” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,543
- “prêtées” frequency rank
- #2,540
- “preuves” frequency rank
- 50083
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prêtées | preuves |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de prêté. | Pluriel de preuve. |
Where the eye mixes prêtées and preuves
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. prêtées (CCVCVVC) and preuves (CCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between prêtées and preuves
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prêtées is \pʁɛ.te\ while preuves is \pʁœv\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prêtées is recorded at frequency rank #47,543, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɛ.te\. 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 50083, this pair ranks #165,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prêtées vs preuves
Shared letters: eprs. Private to "prêtées": téê. Private to "preuves": uv.
"prêtées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "preuves" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- preuves ← peruves · ppreuves · preuevs · preuvess · preuvse · preuvves · prevues · prreuves
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prêtées" and "preuves" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "prêtées" or "preuves"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "prêtées" 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 #165,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prêtées" and "preuves" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pètes vs prêtées". 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 #165,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.