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mener/menez/mené/menée/menées/menés

"mener" (#2,682 written frequency) beats "menez" (#26,090) in this 6-word /\mə.ne\/ cluster. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Frequency splits the cluster

These 6 spellings keep the same /\mə.ne\/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "mener" leads at #2,682, with "menez" trailing at #26,090.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Single-letter fork: "mener" keeps r, "menez" writes z at letter 5.
Shared stem "men" then splits - "mener" (5 letters) vs "mené" (4).
Shared stem "men" then splits - "mener" (5 letters) vs "menée" (5).
Shared stem "men" then splits - "mener" (5 letters) vs "menées" (6).
Shared stem "men" then splits - "mener" (5 letters) vs "menés" (5).
Shared stem "men" then splits - "menez" (5 letters) vs "mené" (4).
Shared stem "men" then splits - "menez" (5 letters) vs "menée" (5).
Shared stem "men" then splits - "menez" (5 letters) vs "menées" (6).
Shared stem "men" then splits - "menez" (5 letters) vs "menés" (5).
Shared stem "mené" then splits - "mené" (4 letters) vs "menée" (5).
Shared stem "mené" then splits - "mené" (4 letters) vs "menées" (6).
Shared stem "mené" then splits - "mené" (4 letters) vs "menés" (5).
Shared stem "menée" then splits - "menée" (5 letters) vs "menées" (6).
Single-letter fork: "menée" keeps e, "menés" writes s at letter 5.
Shared stem "mené" then splits - "menées" (6 letters) vs "menés" (5).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across mener, menez, mené, menée, menées, menés: emn. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

mener
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory emnr · private r
menez
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory emnz · private z
mené
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory emné · private é
menée
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVV
Inventory emné · private é
menées
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVVC
Inventory emnsé · private sé
menés
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory emnsé · private sé

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "mener" when you mean: Conduire quelqu’un vers un être ou une chose.
Write "menez" when you mean: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mener.
Write "mené" when you mean: Petit poisson.
Write "menée" when you mean: Pratique secrète et artificieuse dont on se sert pour faire réussir un projet.
Write "menées" when you mean: Pluriel de menée.
Write "menés" when you mean: Participe passé masculin pluriel de mener.