Which to use
“prévisions” and “provisions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,106
- “prévisions” frequency rank
- #12,455
- “provisions” frequency rank
- 19561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévisions | provisions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de prévision. | Pluriel de provision. |
Where the eye mixes prévisions and provisions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. prévisions and provisions follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between prévisions and provisions
A purely visual mix-up. prévisions (\pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\) and provisions (\pʁɔ.vi.zjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - é in “prévisions” becomes o in “provisions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prévisions is recorded at frequency rank #7,106, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\. provisions is at rank #12,455, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.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 19561, this pair ranks #372,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prévisions vs provisions
Shared letters: inoprsv. Private to "prévisions": é. Private to "provisions": -.
"prévisions" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCC · "provisions" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- provisions ← porvisions · pprovisions · proivsions · proviisons · provisinos · provisionns · provisionss · provisiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prévisions" and "provisions" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "prévisions" or "provisions" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "prévisions" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provisions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévisions" and "provisions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "precision vs prévisions". 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 #372,646 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.