Which to use
“prouvés” is an adjective and “prouvez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,969
- “prouvés” frequency rank
- #34,695
- “prouvez” frequency rank
- 81664
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prouvés | prouvez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de prouvé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prouver. |
Same sound, different letters: prouvés vs prouvez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. prouvés 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 - prouvés / prouvez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: prouvés and prouvez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁu.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 81664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prouvés is recorded at frequency rank #46,969, classified as anadj, 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 81664, this pair ranks #18,283 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prouvés vs prouvez
Shared letters: opruv. Private to "prouvés": sé. Private to "prouvez": ez.
"prouvés" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "prouvez" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prouvez ← poruvez · pprouvez · prouevz · prouvezz · prouvvez · prouvze · provuez · prrouvez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prouvés" and "prouvez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "prouvés" or "prouvez"?
After this comparison
"prouvés" and "prouvez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "prouvés" 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 #18,283 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prouvés" and "prouvez" 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 #18,283 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.