Which to use
“provoquée” is an adjective and “provoquer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,451
- “provoquée” frequency rank
- #4,366
- “provoquer” frequency rank
- 17817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provoquée | provoquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de provoqué. | Inciter, exciter. |
Same sound, different letters: provoquée vs provoquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. provoquée (CCVCVCVVV) and provoquer (CCVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: provoquée vs provoquer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: provoquée and provoquer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
provoquée is recorded at frequency rank #13,451, classified as anadj, 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 17817, this pair ranks #381,336 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of provoquée vs provoquer
Shared letters: eopqruv. Private to "provoquée": é. Private to "provoquer": -.
"provoquée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVV · "provoquer" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- provoquer ← porvoquer · pprovoquer · proovquer · provoqeur · provoqquer · provoquerr · provoqure · provouqer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "provoquée" and "provoquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "provoquée" or "provoquer" show up more?
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 "provoquée" 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 #381,336 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provoquée" and "provoquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provoquée 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 #381,336 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.