Which to use
“Prost” is a name and “provost” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,843
- “Prost” frequency rank
- #41,468
- “provost” frequency rank
- 75311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Prost | provost |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Variante de prevost. |
Letter map: Prost vs provost
Shared letters muted; letters that set Prost and provost apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Grammar separator: Prost vs provost
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Prost is aname and provostanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Prost is recorded at frequency rank #33,843, classified as aname, pronounced \pʁɔst\. 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 75311, this pair ranks #34,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Prost vs provost
Shared letters: oprst. Private to "Prost": -. Private to "provost": v.
"Prost" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "provost" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Prost" for "provost" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Prost" vs "provost" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "Prost" and "provost". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Prost" 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 #34,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Prost" 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 #34,462 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.