Which to use
“prévoir” and “prévois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,703
- “prévoir” frequency rank
- #19,119
- “prévois” frequency rank
- 23822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévoir | prévois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Juger par avance qu’une chose doit arriver. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévoir. |
Where the eye mixes prévoir and prévois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses prévoir with prévois
A purely visual mix-up. prévoir (\pʁe.vwaʁ\) and prévois (\pʁe.vwa\) 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 - r in “prévoir” becomes s in “prévois”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prévoir is recorded at frequency rank #4,703, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.vwaʁ\. 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 23822, this pair ranks #350,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prévoir vs prévois
Shared letters: ioprvé. Private to "prévoir": -. Private to "prévois": s.
"prévoir" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "prévois" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prévoir" and "prévois" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "prévoir" or "prévois"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "prévoir" and "prévois" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "prévoir" 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 #350,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévoir" and "prévois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prédis vs prévois". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #350,264 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.