convaincuevsconvaincusWhich spelling fits?

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“convaincue” and “convaincus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,136
“convaincue” frequency rank
#9,808
“convaincus” frequency rank
21944
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature convaincue convaincus
Definition Féminin singulier de convaincu. Masculin pluriel de convaincu.

Same sound, different letters: convaincue vs convaincus

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. convaincue (CVCCVVCCVV) and convaincus (CVCCVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
convaincue
10 ch
convaincus

Ear matches; page differs - convaincue and convaincus

This is the hard kind. convaincue and convaincus are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ky\) 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 “convaincue” becomes s in “convaincus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21944, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

convaincue is recorded at frequency rank #12,136, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ky\. convaincus is at rank #9,808, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ky\.

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 21944, this pair ranks #360,601 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of convaincue vs convaincus

Shared letters: acinouv. Private to "convaincue": e. Private to "convaincus": s.

"convaincue" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVV  ·  "convaincus" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • convaincue ← cconvaincue · cnovaincue · conavincue · connvaincue · convaicnue · convainccue · convainceu · convainncue
  • convaincus ← cconvaincus · cnovaincus · conavincus · connvaincus · convaicnus · convainccus · convaincsu · convaincuss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "convaincue" for "convaincus" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ky\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "convaincue" or "convaincus" show up more?
"convaincus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,808 in our French list, against #12,136 for "convaincue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "convaincue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convaincus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #360,601 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "convaincue" and "convaincus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convaincra vs convaincue". 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 #360,601 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list