Which to use
“prévision” and “prévisions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,370
- “prévision” frequency rank
- #7,106
- “prévisions” frequency rank
- 16476
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévision | prévisions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Annonce d’un événement futur. | Pluriel de prévision. |
Same sound, different letters: prévision vs prévisions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - prévision and prévisions
This is the hard kind. prévision and prévisions are pronounced identically (\pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “prévision” sits inside “prévisions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16476, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prévision is recorded at frequency rank #9,370, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\. prévisions is at rank #7,106, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\.
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 16476, this pair ranks #387,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prévision vs prévisions
Shared letters: inoprsvé. Private to "prévision": -. Private to "prévisions": -.
"prévision" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "prévisions" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prévision" for "prévisions" ever safe?
Which is more common, "prévision" or "prévisions"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "prévision" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prévisions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévision" and "prévisions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "precision vs prévision". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #387,666 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.