Which to use
“prévue” and “prévus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,561
- “prévue” frequency rank
- #6,427
- “prévus” frequency rank
- 9988
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévue | prévus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de prévu. | Masculin pluriel de prévu. |
Same sound, different letters: prévue vs prévus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - prévue and prévus
This is the hard kind. prévue 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 a single letter - e in “prévue” becomes s in “prévus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9988, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prévue is recorded at frequency rank #3,561, 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 9988, this pair ranks #414,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prévue vs prévus
Shared letters: pruvé. Private to "prévue": e. Private to "prévus": s.
"prévue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "prévus" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prévue" and "prévus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "prévue" vs "prévus" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"prévue" and "prévus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "prévue" 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 #414,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévue" and "prévus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prépas vs prévus". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #414,656 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.