Which to use
“provoqua” and “provoqué” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,490
- “provoqua” frequency rank
- #5,909
- “provoqué” frequency rank
- 35399
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provoqua | provoqué |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de provoquer. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe provoquer. |
Where the eye mixes provoqua and provoqué
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. provoqua and provoqué follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses provoqua with provoqué
A purely visual mix-up. provoqua (\pʁɔ.vɔ.ka\) and provoqué (\pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “provoqua” becomes é in “provoqué”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
provoqua is recorded at frequency rank #29,490, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.vɔ.ka\. provoqué is at rank #5,909, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\.
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 35399, this pair ranks #277,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of provoqua vs provoqué
Shared letters: opqruv. Private to "provoqua": a. Private to "provoqué": é.
"provoqua" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "provoqué" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- provoqua ← porvoqua · pprovoqua · proovqua · provoqau · provoqqua · provouqa · provqoua · provvoqua
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "provoqua" and "provoqué" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "provoqua" or "provoqué"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "provoqua" and "provoqué" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "provoqua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provoqué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #277,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provoqua" and "provoqué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provoqua vs provoquait". 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 #277,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.