prévôtévsprévoyezWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: prévôté is a noun, prévoyez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“prévôté” is a noun and “prévoyez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,981
“prévôté” frequency rank
#29,493
“prévoyez” frequency rank
71474
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prévôté prévoyez
Definition Qualité, fonction, juridiction de prévôt. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de prévoir.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set prévôté and prévoyez apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
prévôté
8 ch
prévoyez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prévôté is \pʁe.vo.te\ while prévoyez is \pʁe.vwa.je\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prévôté is recorded at frequency rank #41,981, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.vo.te\. prévoyez is at rank #29,493, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁe.vwa.je\.

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 71474, this pair ranks #47,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of prévôté vs prévoyez

Shared letters: prvé. Private to "prévôté": . Private to "prévoyez": eoyz.

"prévôté" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "prévoyez" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVVC

Frequency comparison

prévôté#41,981
prévoyez#29,493

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "prévôté" and "prévoyez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "prévôté" is a noun and "prévoyez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "prévôté" or "prévoyez"?
"prévoyez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,493 in our French list, against #41,981 for "prévôté". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering prévôté vs prévoyez

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “prévôté”; for a verb, it's “prévoyez”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “prévôté” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list