Which to use
“prouvée” is an adjective and “prouvées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,988
- “prouvée” frequency rank
- #39,475
- “prouvées” frequency rank
- 62463
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prouvée | prouvées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de prouvé. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de prouver. |
Same sound, different letters: prouvée vs prouvées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. prouvée runs 7 letters (CCVVCVV) against prouvées's 8 (CCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - prouvée and prouvées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: prouvée and prouvées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁu.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “prouvée” sits inside “prouvées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62463, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prouvée is recorded at frequency rank #22,988, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁu.ve\. 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 62463, this pair ranks #86,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prouvée vs prouvées
Shared letters: eopruvé. Private to "prouvée": -. Private to "prouvées": s.
"prouvée" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVV · "prouvées" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prouvée" for "prouvées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "prouvée" vs "prouvées" - which ranks higher?
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 "prouvée" 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 #86,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prouvée" and "prouvées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prouvées vs prouvés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #86,991 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.