Which to use
“convenu” and “convenus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,143
- “convenu” frequency rank
- #34,036
- “convenus” frequency rank
- 43179
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | convenu | convenus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Conventionnel, banal. | Masculin pluriel de convenu. |
Same sound, different letters: convenu vs convenus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. convenu runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against convenus's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: convenu vs convenus
This is the hard kind. convenu and convenus are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.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) - “convenu” sits inside “convenus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
convenu is recorded at frequency rank #9,143, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.və.ny\. convenus is at rank #34,036, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.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 43179, this pair ranks #220,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of convenu vs convenus
Shared letters: cenouv. Private to "convenu": -. Private to "convenus": s.
"convenu" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "convenus" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "convenu" and "convenus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "convenu" vs "convenus" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"convenu" and "convenus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "convenu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convenus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "convenu" and "convenus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convenues vs convenus". 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 #220,048 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.