Which to use
“prévoient” and “prévois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,453
- “prévoient” frequency rank
- #19,119
- “prévois” frequency rank
- 35572
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévoient | prévois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prévoir. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévoir. |
Same sound, different letters: prévoient vs prévois
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. prévoient runs 9 letters (CCVCVVVCC) against prévois's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: prévoient vs prévois
This is the hard kind. prévoient and prévois are pronounced identically (\pʁe.vwa\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prévoient is recorded at frequency rank #16,453, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.vwa\. 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 35572, this pair ranks #275,751 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prévoient vs prévois
Shared letters: ioprvé. Private to "prévoient": ent. Private to "prévois": s.
"prévoient" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVVCC · "prévois" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prévoient" and "prévois" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "prévoient" or "prévois" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prévoient" / "prévois". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prévoient" 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 #275,751 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévoient" and "prévois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prédis vs prévois". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #275,751 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.