Which to use
“prologue” is a noun and “provoqué” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,566
- “prologue” frequency rank
- #5,909
- “provoqué” frequency rank
- 24475
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prologue | provoqué |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Discours préliminaire, avant-propos. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe provoquer. |
Where the eye mixes prologue and provoqué
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. prologue and provoqué follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between prologue and provoqué
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prologue is \pʁɔ.lɔɡ\ while provoqué is \pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prologue is recorded at frequency rank #18,566, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.lɔɡ\. provoqué is at rank #5,909, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\.
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 24475, this pair ranks #346,427 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prologue vs provoqué
Shared letters: opru. Private to "prologue": egl. Private to "provoqué": qvé.
"prologue" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "provoqué" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- prologue ← porlogue · pprologue · prloogue · prolgoue · prollogue · prologeu · prologgue · prolouge
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prologue" and "provoqué" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "prologue" or "provoqué"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "prologue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provoqué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,427 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prologue" and "provoqué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prodigue vs prologue". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #346,427 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.