Which to use
“attendre” is a verb and “attendus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #784
- “attendre” frequency rank
- #12,722
- “attendus” frequency rank
- 13506
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attendre | attendus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ne pas bouger, rester là où l’on est pour la venue de quelque chose ou de quelqu’un. | Masculin pluriel de attendu. |
Where the eye mixes attendre and attendus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between attendre and attendus
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: attendre is \a.tɑ̃dʁ\ while attendus is \a.tɑ̃.dy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13506, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attendre is recorded at frequency rank #784, classified as averb, pronounced \a.tɑ̃dʁ\. attendus is at rank #12,722, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.tɑ̃.dy\.
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 13506, this pair ranks #400,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of attendre vs attendus
Shared letters: adent. Private to "attendre": r. Private to "attendus": su.
"attendre" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV · "attendus" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "attendre" and "attendus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "attendre" or "attendus" show up more?
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 "attendre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attendus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attendre" and "attendus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "attendit vs attendus". 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 #400,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.