Which to use
“prouve” and “prouvent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,490
- “prouve” frequency rank
- #11,278
- “prouvent” frequency rank
- 14768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prouve | prouvent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de prouver. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prouver. |
Same sound, different letters: prouve vs prouvent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. prouve runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against prouvent's 8 (CCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - prouve and prouvent
This is the hard kind. prouve and prouvent are pronounced identically (\pʁuv\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “prouve” sits inside “prouvent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14768, 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\. prouvent is at rank #11,278, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁuv\.
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 14768, this pair ranks #395,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prouve vs prouvent
Shared letters: eopruv. Private to "prouve": -. Private to "prouvent": nt.
"prouve" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "prouvent" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prouve" and "prouvent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prouve" or "prouvent" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "prouve" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prouvent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prouve" and "prouvent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prouvent 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 #395,302 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.