Which to use
“provoqué” and “provoquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,909
- “provoqué” frequency rank
- #4,366
- “provoquer” frequency rank
- 10275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provoqué | provoquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe provoquer. | Inciter, exciter. |
Same sound, different letters: provoqué vs provoquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - provoqué / provoquer
This is the hard kind. provoqué and provoquer are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10275, 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\. provoquer is at rank #4,366, 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 10275, this pair ranks #413,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of provoqué vs provoquer
Shared letters: opqruv. Private to "provoqué": é. Private to "provoquer": e.
"provoqué" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "provoquer" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- provoquer ← porvoquer · pprovoquer · proovquer · provoqeur · provoqquer · provoquerr · provoqure · provouqer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "provoqué" and "provoquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "provoqué" vs "provoquer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "provoqué" / "provoquer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "provoqué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provoquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provoqué" and "provoquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provoqué vs provoquera". 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 #413,598 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.