Which to use
“prévoyant” is an adjective and “prévoyons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,470
- “prévoyant” frequency rank
- #46,377
- “prévoyons” frequency rank
- 61847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévoyant | prévoyons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui juge par avance qu'une chose devrait arriver. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de prévoir. |
Where the eye mixes prévoyant and prévoyons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. prévoyant and prévoyons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: prévoyant vs prévoyons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prévoyant is \pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃\ while prévoyons is \pʁe.vwa.jɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prévoyant is recorded at frequency rank #15,470, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃\. prévoyons is at rank #46,377, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁe.vwa.jɔ̃\.
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 61847, this pair ranks #90,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prévoyant vs prévoyons
Shared letters: noprvyé. Private to "prévoyant": at. Private to "prévoyons": s.
"prévoyant" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVVCC · "prévoyons" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prévoyant" and "prévoyons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prévoyant" or "prévoyons" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "prévoyant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prévoyons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévoyant" and "prévoyons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prévoyaient vs prévoyant". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #90,120 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.