Which to use
“provoqua” is a verb and “provoquée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,490
- “provoqua” frequency rank
- #13,451
- “provoquée” frequency rank
- 42941
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provoqua | provoquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de provoquer. | Féminin singulier de provoqué. |
Where the eye mixes provoqua and provoquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. provoqua runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against provoquée's 9 (CCVCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: provoqua vs provoquée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: provoqua is \pʁɔ.vɔ.ka\ while provoquée is \pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42941, 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\. provoquée is at rank #13,451, tagged as anadj, 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 42941, this pair ranks #221,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of provoqua vs provoquée
Shared letters: opqruv. Private to "provoqua": a. Private to "provoquée": eé.
"provoqua" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "provoquée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- provoqua ← porvoqua · pprovoqua · proovqua · provoqau · provoqqua · provouqa · provqoua · provvoqua
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "provoqua" for "provoquée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "provoqua" vs "provoquée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "provoqua" and "provoquée" 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 "provoquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provoqua" and "provoquée" 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 #221,772 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.