Which to use
“prouve” and “prouvées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,490
- “prouve” frequency rank
- #39,475
- “prouvées” frequency rank
- 42965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prouve | prouvées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de prouver. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de prouver. |
Where the eye mixes prouve and prouvées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: prouve vs prouvées
A purely visual mix-up. prouve (\pʁuv\) and prouvées (\pʁu.ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prouve is recorded at frequency rank #3,490, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁuv\. prouvées is at rank #39,475, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁu.ve\.
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 42965, this pair ranks #221,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prouve vs prouvées
Shared letters: eopruv. Private to "prouve": -. Private to "prouvées": sé.
"prouve" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "prouvées" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prouve ← poruve · pprouve · prouev · prouvve · provue · prrouve · pruove · rpouve
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prouve" for "prouvées" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "prouve" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prouvées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prouve" and "prouvées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prouvées vs prouvés". 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 #221,620 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.