provoquévsprovoqueraTell them apart

Which to use

“provoqué” and “provoquera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,909
“provoqué” frequency rank
#35,222
“provoquera” frequency rank
41131
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature provoqué provoquera
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe provoquer. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de provoquer.

Where the eye mixes provoqué and provoquera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. provoqué runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against provoquera's 10 (CCVCVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
provoqué
10 ch
provoquera

Visual trap between provoqué and provoquera

A purely visual mix-up. provoqué (\pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\) and provoquera (\pʁɔ.vɔ.kə.ʁa\) 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 41131, 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\. provoquera is at rank #35,222, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.vɔ.kə.ʁa\.

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 41131, this pair ranks #235,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of provoqué vs provoquera

Shared letters: opqruv. Private to "provoqué": é. Private to "provoquera": ae.

"provoqué" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV  ·  "provoquera" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • provoquera ← porvoquera · pprovoquera · proovquera · provoqeura · provoqquera · provoquear · provoquerra · provoqurea

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "provoqué" and "provoquera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\ versus \pʁɔ.vɔ.kə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "provoqué" or "provoquera"?
"provoqué" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,909 in our French list, against #35,222 for "provoquera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "provoqué" and "provoquera" 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 "provoquera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #235,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "provoqué" and "provoquera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provoquera vs provoquerait". 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 #235,365 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list