Which to use
“provoqué” and “provoquent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,909
- “provoqué” frequency rank
- #12,842
- “provoquent” frequency rank
- 18751
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provoqué | provoquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe provoquer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de provoquer. |
Where the eye mixes provoqué and provoquent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. provoqué runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against provoquent's 10 (CCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: provoqué vs provoquent
A purely visual mix-up. provoqué (\pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\) and provoquent (\pʁɔ.vɔk\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18751, 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\. provoquent is at rank #12,842, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.vɔk\.
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 18751, this pair ranks #376,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of provoqué vs provoquent
Shared letters: opqruv. Private to "provoqué": é. Private to "provoquent": ent.
"provoqué" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "provoquent" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- provoquent ← porvoquent · pprovoquent · proovquent · provoqeunt · provoqquent · provoquennt · provoquentt · provoquetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "provoqué" and "provoquent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "provoqué" or "provoquent"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "provoqué" and "provoquent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "provoqué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provoquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provoqué" and "provoquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provoc vs provoquent". 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 #376,752 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.