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

#11,278
“prouvent” frequency rank
#32,536
“prouvera” frequency rank
43814
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prouvent prouvera
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prouver. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de prouver.

Where the eye mixes prouvent and prouvera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
prouvent
8 ch
prouvera

Look-alike desk: prouvent vs prouvera

A purely visual mix-up. prouvent (\pʁuv\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43814, 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\. 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 43814, this pair ranks #215,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of prouvent vs prouvera

Shared letters: eopruv. Private to "prouvent": nt. Private to "prouvera": a.

"prouvent" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC  ·  "prouvera" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • prouventporuvent · pprouvent · prouevnt · prouvennt · prouventt · prouvetn · prouvnet · prouvvent
  • prouveraporuvera · pprouvera · prouevra · prouvear · prouverra · prouvrea · prouvvera · provuera

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "prouvent" and "prouvera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\pʁuv\ versus \pʁu.və.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "prouvent" or "prouvera"?
"prouvent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,278 in our French list, against #32,536 for "prouvera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "prouvent" and "prouvera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "prouvent" 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 #215,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prouvent" and "prouvera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prouvera 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 #215,196 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