Which to use
“prévoir” and “prévoit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,703
- “prévoir” frequency rank
- #4,093
- “prévoit” frequency rank
- 8796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévoir | prévoit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Juger par avance qu’une chose doit arriver. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévoir. |
Where the eye mixes prévoir and prévoit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. prévoir and prévoit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: prévoir vs prévoit
A purely visual mix-up. prévoir (\pʁe.vwaʁ\) and prévoit (\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 t in “prévoit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8796, 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\. prévoit is at rank #4,093, 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 8796, this pair ranks #418,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prévoir vs prévoit
Shared letters: ioprvé. Private to "prévoir": -. Private to "prévoit": t.
"prévoir" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "prévoit" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prévoir" and "prévoit" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "prévoir" or "prévoit"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "prévoir" and "prévoit" 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 "prévoit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #418,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévoir" and "prévoit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prétoire vs prévoir". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #418,820 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.