Which to use
“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.
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?
Which is more common, "prouvées" or "prouvera"?
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.