Which to use
“provoquée” and “provoqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,451
- “provoquée” frequency rank
- #22,381
- “provoqués” frequency rank
- 35832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provoquée | provoqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de provoqué. | Masculin pluriel de provoqué. |
Same sound, different letters: provoquée vs provoqués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. provoquée (CCVCVCVVV) and provoqués (CCVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - provoquée and provoqués
This is the hard kind. provoquée and provoqués are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “provoquée” becomes s in “provoqués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35832, 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\. provoqués is at rank #22,381, 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 35832, this pair ranks #273,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of provoquée vs provoqués
Shared letters: opqruvé. Private to "provoquée": e. Private to "provoqués": s.
"provoquée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVV · "provoqués" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "provoquée" for "provoqués" ever safe?
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After this comparison
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 "provoqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provoquée" and "provoqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provoquera vs provoqués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #273,932 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.