prouvéesvsprouveraTell them apart

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“prouvées” and “prouvera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,475
“prouvées” frequency rank
#32,536
“prouvera” frequency rank
72011
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prouvées prouvera
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de prouver. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de prouver.

Where the eye mixes prouvées and prouvera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. prouvées (CCVVCVVC) and prouvera (CCVVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
prouvées
8 ch
prouvera

Visual trap between prouvées and prouvera

A purely visual mix-up. prouvées (\pʁu.ve\) and prouvera (\pʁu.və.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prouvées is recorded at frequency rank #39,475, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁu.ve\. prouvera is at rank #32,536, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁu.və.ʁa\.

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 72011, this pair ranks #45,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of prouvées vs prouvera

Shared letters: eopruv. Private to "prouvées": sé. Private to "prouvera": a.

"prouvées" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC  ·  "prouvera" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prouvera ← poruvera · pprouvera · prouevra · prouvear · prouverra · prouvrea · prouvvera · provuera

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "prouvées" and "prouvera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\pʁu.ve\ versus \pʁu.və.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "prouvées" or "prouvera"?
"prouvera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,536 in our French list, against #39,475 for "prouvées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "prouvées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prouvera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prouvées" and "prouvera" 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 #45,511 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list