Which to use
“prouver” is a verb and “prouvés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,443
- “prouver” frequency rank
- #46,969
- “prouvés” frequency rank
- 49412
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prouver | prouvés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Établir la vérité de quelque chose par le raisonnement ou par le témoignage. | Masculin pluriel de prouvé. |
Same sound, different letters: prouver vs prouvés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. prouver and prouvés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: prouver vs prouvés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: prouver 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49412, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prouver is recorded at frequency rank #2,443, 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 49412, this pair ranks #170,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prouver vs prouvés
Shared letters: opruv. Private to "prouver": e. Private to "prouvés": sé.
"prouver" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "prouvés" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prouver ← poruver · pprouver · prouevr · prouverr · prouvre · prouvver · provuer · prrouver
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prouver" and "prouvés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "prouver" vs "prouvés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"prouver" and "prouvés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "prouver" 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 #170,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prouver" and "prouvés" 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 #170,887 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.