promosvsprovostWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“promos” and “provost” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,429
“promos” frequency rank
#41,468
“provost” frequency rank
62897
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature promos provost
Definition Pluriel de promo. Variante de prevost.

Letter map: promos vs provost

Shared letters muted; letters that set promos and provost apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. promos runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against provost's 7 (CCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
promos
7 ch
provost

Pair insight - promos / provost

promos and provost are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

promos is recorded at frequency rank #21,429, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.mɔ\. provost is at rank #41,468, tagged as anoun.

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 62897, this pair ranks #84,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of promos vs provost

Shared letters: oprs. Private to "promos": m. Private to "provost": tv.

"promos" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "provost" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • promos ← pormos · ppromos · prmoos · prommos · promoss · promso · prooms · prromos
  • provost ← porvost · pprovost · proovst · provosst · provostt · provots · provsot · provvost

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "promos" and "provost" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "promos" or "provost"?
"promos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,429 in our French list, against #41,468 for "provost". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "promos" and "provost". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "promos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "provost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #84,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "promos" and "provost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provoc vs provost". 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 #84,690 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list