Which to use
“prévu” and “prévue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,401
- “prévu” frequency rank
- #3,561
- “prévue” frequency rank
- 4962
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévu | prévue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a été prévu, à quoi l’on s’attend. | Féminin singulier de prévu. |
Same sound, different letters: prévu vs prévue
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - prévu / prévue
This is the hard kind. prévu and prévue are pronounced identically (\pʁe.vy\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “prévu” sits inside “prévue”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prévu is recorded at frequency rank #1,401, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.vy\. prévue is at rank #3,561, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.vy\.
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 4962, this pair ranks #430,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prévu vs prévue
Shared letters: pruvé. Private to "prévu": -. Private to "prévue": e.
"prévu" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prévue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prévu" and "prévue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "prévu" vs "prévue" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "prévu" / "prévue". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prévu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prévue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #430,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévu" and "prévue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs prévu". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #430,247 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.