Which to use
“prouver” and “prouvez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,443
- “prouver” frequency rank
- #34,695
- “prouvez” frequency rank
- 37138
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prouver | prouvez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Établir la vérité de quelque chose par le raisonnement ou par le témoignage. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prouver. |
Same sound, different letters: prouver vs prouvez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. prouver and prouvez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - prouver / prouvez
This is the hard kind. prouver and prouvez are pronounced identically (\pʁu.ve\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “prouver” becomes z in “prouvez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37138, 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\. prouvez is at rank #34,695, 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 37138, this pair ranks #264,616 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prouver vs prouvez
Shared letters: eopruv. Private to "prouver": -. Private to "prouvez": z.
"prouver" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "prouvez" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prouver" and "prouvez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prouver" or "prouvez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "prouver" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prouvez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #264,616 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prouver" and "prouvez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prouvés vs prouvez". 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 #264,616 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.