Which to use
“prévôt” and “provost” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,147
- “prévôt” frequency rank
- #41,468
- “provost” frequency rank
- 67615
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévôt | provost |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Officier ou magistrat chargé d’une juridiction ou préposé à une haute surveillance. | Variante de prevost. |
Letter map: prévôt vs provost
Shared letters muted; letters that set prévôt and provost apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Corpus notes: prévôt and provost
prévôt and provost are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prévôt is recorded at frequency rank #26,147, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.vo\. provost is at rank #41,468, tagged as anoun.
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 67615, this pair ranks #62,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prévôt vs provost
Shared letters: prtv. Private to "prévôt": éô. Private to "provost": os.
"prévôt" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "provost" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- provost ← porvost · pprovost · proovst · provosst · provostt · provots · provsot · provvost
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prévôt" and "provost" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "prévôt" vs "provost" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "prévôt" and "provost".
- Full dictionary entry for "prévôt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévôt" and "provost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provoc vs provost". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #62,643 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.