Which to use
“prouvées” is a verb and “prouvés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,475
- “prouvées” frequency rank
- #46,969
- “prouvés” frequency rank
- 86444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prouvées | prouvés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de prouver. | Masculin pluriel de prouvé. |
Same sound, different letters: prouvées vs prouvés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. prouvées runs 8 letters (CCVVCVVC) against prouvés's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - prouvées and prouvés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: prouvées and prouvés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁu.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86444, 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\. 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 86444, this pair ranks #9,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prouvées vs prouvés
Shared letters: oprsuvé. Private to "prouvées": e. Private to "prouvés": -.
"prouvées" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC · "prouvés" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prouvées" and "prouvés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "prouvées" or "prouvés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prouvées" / "prouvés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prouvées" 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 #9,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prouvées" and "prouvés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prouvés vs prouvez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #9,690 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.