Which to use
“bienvenu” and “bienvenus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,279
- “bienvenu” frequency rank
- #14,208
- “bienvenus” frequency rank
- 24487
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bienvenu | bienvenus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui arrive à propos, que l’on accueille avec plaisir. | Masculin pluriel de bienvenu. |
Same sound, different letters: bienvenu vs bienvenus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. bienvenu runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCV) against bienvenus's 9 (CVVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - bienvenu / bienvenus
This is the hard kind. bienvenu and bienvenus are pronounced identically (\bjɛ̃.və.ny\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “bienvenu” sits inside “bienvenus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bienvenu is recorded at frequency rank #10,279, classified as anadj, pronounced \bjɛ̃.və.ny\. bienvenus is at rank #14,208, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bjɛ̃.və.ny\.
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 24487, this pair ranks #346,357 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bienvenu vs bienvenus
Shared letters: beinuv. Private to "bienvenu": -. Private to "bienvenus": s.
"bienvenu" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "bienvenus" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bienvenu" for "bienvenus" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bienvenu" vs "bienvenus" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "bienvenu" / "bienvenus". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "bienvenu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bienvenus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,357 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bienvenu" and "bienvenus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bienvenues vs bienvenus". 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 #346,357 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.