Which to use
“prévu” and “prévues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,401
- “prévu” frequency rank
- #5,173
- “prévues” frequency rank
- 6574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévu | prévues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a été prévu, à quoi l’on s’attend. | Féminin pluriel de prévu. |
Same sound, different letters: prévu vs prévues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: prévu vs prévues
This is the hard kind. prévu and prévues 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 2 extra letter(s) - “prévu” sits inside “prévues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6574, 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\. prévues is at rank #5,173, 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 6574, this pair ranks #425,852 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prévu vs prévues
Shared letters: pruvé. Private to "prévu": -. Private to "prévues": es.
"prévu" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prévues" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prévu" and "prévues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "prévu" or "prévues"?
Useful next steps
"prévu" and "prévues" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "prévu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prévues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,852 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévu" and "prévues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prêtées vs prévues". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #425,852 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.