Which to use
“prouvée” is an adjective and “prouver” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,988
- “prouvée” frequency rank
- #2,443
- “prouver” frequency rank
- 25431
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prouvée | prouver |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de prouvé. | Établir la vérité de quelque chose par le raisonnement ou par le témoignage. |
Same sound, different letters: prouvée vs prouver
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. prouvée (CCVVCVV) and prouver (CCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - prouvée and prouver
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: prouvée and prouver 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25431, 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\. prouver is at rank #2,443, 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 25431, this pair ranks #340,915 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prouvée vs prouver
Shared letters: eopruv. Private to "prouvée": é. Private to "prouver": -.
"prouvée" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVV · "prouver" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prouver ← poruver · pprouver · prouevr · prouverr · prouvre · prouvver · provuer · prrouver
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prouvée" and "prouver" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prouvée" or "prouver" 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 "prouvée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prouver" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #340,915 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prouvée" and "prouver" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prouvée 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 #340,915 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.