Which to use
“prouvée” and “prouvés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,988
- “prouvée” frequency rank
- #46,969
- “prouvés” frequency rank
- 69957
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prouvée | prouvés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de prouvé. | Masculin pluriel de prouvé. |
Same sound, different letters: prouvée vs prouvés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. prouvée (CCVVCVV) and prouvés (CCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - prouvée / prouvés
This is the hard kind. prouvée and prouvés are pronounced identically (\pʁu.ve\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “prouvée” becomes s in “prouvés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69957, 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\. prouvés is at rank #46,969, tagged as anadj, 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 69957, this pair ranks #53,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prouvée vs prouvés
Shared letters: opruvé. Private to "prouvée": e. Private to "prouvés": s.
"prouvée" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVV · "prouvés" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prouvée" and "prouvés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "prouvée" or "prouvés" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "prouvés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prouvée" and "prouvés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prouvées vs prouvés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #53,180 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.