Which to use
“prévu” and “prévus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,401
- “prévu” frequency rank
- #6,427
- “prévus” frequency rank
- 7828
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévu | prévus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a été prévu, à quoi l’on s’attend. | Masculin pluriel de prévu. |
Same sound, different letters: prévu vs prévus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - prévu and prévus
This is the hard kind. prévu and prévus 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 “prévus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7828, 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\. prévus is at rank #6,427, 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 7828, this pair ranks #422,009 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prévu vs prévus
Shared letters: pruvé. Private to "prévu": -. Private to "prévus": s.
"prévu" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prévus" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prévu" and "prévus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "prévu" or "prévus"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "prévu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prévus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,009 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévu" and "prévus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prépas vs prévus". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #422,009 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.