Which to use
“prévues” and “prévus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,173
- “prévues” frequency rank
- #6,427
- “prévus” frequency rank
- 11600
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prévues | prévus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de prévu. | Masculin pluriel de prévu. |
Same sound, different letters: prévues vs prévus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. prévues runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against prévus's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - prévues and prévus
This is the hard kind. prévues 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prévues is recorded at frequency rank #5,173, 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 11600, this pair ranks #408,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prévues vs prévus
Shared letters: prsuvé. Private to "prévues": e. Private to "prévus": -.
"prévues" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "prévus" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prévues" and "prévus" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "prévues" or "prévus"?
Useful next steps
"prévues" and "prévus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "prévues" 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 #408,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prévues" and "prévus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prépas vs prévus". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #408,549 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.