Which to use
“provoquer” and “provoquera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,366
- “provoquer” frequency rank
- #35,222
- “provoquera” frequency rank
- 39588
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provoquer | provoquera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Inciter, exciter. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de provoquer. |
Where the eye mixes provoquer and provoquera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. provoquer runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVC) against provoquera's 10 (CCVCVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between provoquer and provoquera
A purely visual mix-up. provoquer (\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 1 extra letter(s) - “provoquer” sits inside “provoquera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
provoquer is recorded at frequency rank #4,366, 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 39588, this pair ranks #246,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of provoquer vs provoquera
Shared letters: eopqruv. Private to "provoquer": -. Private to "provoquera": a.
"provoquer" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "provoquera" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- provoquer ← porvoquer · pprovoquer · proovquer · provoqeur · provoqquer · provoquerr · provoqure · provouqer
- provoquera ← porvoquera · pprovoquera · proovquera · provoqeura · provoqquera · provoquear · provoquerra · provoqurea
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "provoquer" and "provoquera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "provoquer" or "provoquera"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "provoquer" 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 #246,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provoquer" 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 #246,859 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.