Which to use
“prévois” and “prévoit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,119
- “prévois” frequency rank
- #4,093
- “prévoit” frequency rank
- 23212
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévois | prévoit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévoir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévoir. |
Same sound, different letters: prévois vs prévoit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. prévois and prévoit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - prévois and prévoit
This is the hard kind. prévois and prévoit 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 a single letter - s in “prévois” becomes t in “prévoit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23212, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prévois is recorded at frequency rank #19,119, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.vwa\. 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 23212, this pair ranks #353,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prévois vs prévoit
Shared letters: ioprvé. Private to "prévois": s. Private to "prévoit": t.
"prévois" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "prévoit" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prévois" and "prévoit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "prévois" vs "prévoit" - which ranks higher?
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 "prévois" 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 #353,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévois" and "prévoit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prédis vs prévois". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #353,772 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.