Which to use
“provoqué” is a verb and “provoquée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,909
- “provoqué” frequency rank
- #13,451
- “provoquée” frequency rank
- 19360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provoqué | provoquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe provoquer. | Féminin singulier de provoqué. |
Same sound, different letters: provoqué vs provoquée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. provoqué 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.
Homophone desk: provoqué vs provoquée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: provoqué and provoquée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “provoqué” sits inside “provoquée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
provoqué is recorded at frequency rank #5,909, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\. 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 19360, this pair ranks #373,667 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of provoqué vs provoquée
Shared letters: opqruvé. Private to "provoqué": -. Private to "provoquée": e.
"provoqué" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "provoquée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "provoqué" and "provoquée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "provoqué" vs "provoquée" - which ranks higher?
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 "provoqué" 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 #373,667 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provoqué" and "provoquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provoquée vs provoquera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #373,667 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.