Which to use
“prouvent” and “prouver” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,278
- “prouvent” frequency rank
- #2,443
- “prouver” frequency rank
- 13721
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prouvent | prouver |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prouver. | Établir la vérité de quelque chose par le raisonnement ou par le témoignage. |
Where the eye mixes prouvent and prouver
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. prouvent runs 8 letters (CCVVCVCC) against prouver's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: prouvent vs prouver
A purely visual mix-up. prouvent (\pʁuv\) and prouver (\pʁu.ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prouvent is recorded at frequency rank #11,278, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁuv\. 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 13721, this pair ranks #399,814 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prouvent vs prouver
Shared letters: eopruv. Private to "prouvent": nt. Private to "prouver": -.
"prouvent" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC · "prouver" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prouvent" and "prouver" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "prouvent" or "prouver"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "prouvent" 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 #399,814 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prouvent" and "prouver" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prouvent 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 #399,814 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.