Which to use
“confondue” and “confondus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,109
- “confondue” frequency rank
- #13,140
- “confondus” frequency rank
- 41249
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confondue | confondus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de confondu. | Masculin pluriel de confondu. |
Same sound, different letters: confondue vs confondus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. confondue (CVCCVCCVV) and confondus (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: confondue vs confondus
This is the hard kind. confondue and confondus are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dy\) 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 “confondue” becomes s in “confondus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confondue is recorded at frequency rank #28,109, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dy\. confondus is at rank #13,140, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.fɔ̃.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 41249, this pair ranks #234,476 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confondue vs confondus
Shared letters: cdfnou. Private to "confondue": e. Private to "confondus": s.
"confondue" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "confondus" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "confondue" and "confondus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "confondue" or "confondus" show up more?
Useful next steps
"confondue" and "confondus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "confondue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confondus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,476 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confondue" and "confondus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confondez vs confondue". 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 #234,476 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.