provoquée vs provoqués, What's the Difference?

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.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set provoquée and provoqués apart are highlighted. They share 8 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch

provoquée

9 ch

provoqués

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

provoquée#13,451

provoqués#22,381

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "provoquée" and "provoqués" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\pʁɔ.vɔ.ke\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "provoquée" or "provoqués"?

"provoquée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,451 in our French list, against #22,381 for "provoqués". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering provoquée vs provoqués

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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