Which to use
“prévois” is a verb and “prévôt” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,119
- “prévois” frequency rank
- #26,147
- “prévôt” frequency rank
- 45266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévois | prévôt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévoir. | Officier ou magistrat chargé d’une juridiction ou préposé à une haute surveillance. |
Where the eye mixes prévois and prévôt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. prévois runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against prévôt's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses prévois with prévôt
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prévois is \pʁe.vwa\ while prévôt is \pʁe.vo\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45266, 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\. prévôt is at rank #26,147, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.vo\.
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 45266, this pair ranks #204,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prévois vs prévôt
Shared letters: prvé. Private to "prévois": ios. Private to "prévôt": tô.
"prévois" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "prévôt" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prévois" and "prévôt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "prévois" or "prévôt"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "prévois" and "prévôt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "prévois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prévôt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #204,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévois" and "prévôt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prévôt vs prévôté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #204,094 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.