Which to use
“provisoire” and “provisoires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,793
- “provisoire” frequency rank
- #19,634
- “provisoires” frequency rank
- 24427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provisoire | provisoires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se fait en attendant une autre chose, préalablement à une autre chose qui sera définitive. | Pluriel de provisoire. |
Same sound, different letters: provisoire vs provisoires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. provisoire runs 10 letters (CCVCVCVVCV) against provisoires's 11 (CCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - provisoire / provisoires
This is the hard kind. provisoire and provisoires are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “provisoire” sits inside “provisoires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
provisoire is recorded at frequency rank #4,793, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ\. provisoires is at rank #19,634, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ\.
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 24427, this pair ranks #346,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of provisoire vs provisoires
Shared letters: eioprsv. Private to "provisoire": -. Private to "provisoires": -.
"provisoire" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCV · "provisoires" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- provisoire ← porvisoire · pprovisoire · proivsoire · proviosire · provisiore · provisoier · provisoirre · provisorie
- provisoires ← porvisoires · pprovisoires · proivsoires · proviosires · provisiores · provisoiers · provisoiress · provisoirres
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "provisoire" and "provisoires" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "provisoire" vs "provisoires" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"provisoire" and "provisoires" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "provisoire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provisoires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #346,700 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.