convenuevsconvenuesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#36,780
“convenue” frequency rank
#49,575
“convenues” frequency rank
86355
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature convenue convenues
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de convenir. Participe passé féminin pluriel de convenir.

Same sound, different letters: convenue vs convenues

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. convenue runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against convenues's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
convenue
9 ch
convenues

Homophone desk: convenue vs convenues

This is the hard kind. convenue and convenues are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.və.ny\) and both work as averb. 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) - “convenue” sits inside “convenues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

convenue is recorded at frequency rank #36,780, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.və.ny\. convenues is at rank #49,575, tagged as averb, 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 86355, this pair ranks #9,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of convenue vs convenues

Shared letters: cenouv. Private to "convenue": -. Private to "convenues": s.

"convenue" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "convenues" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • convenuecconvenue · cnovenue · conevnue · connvenue · conveneu · convennue · conveune · convneue
  • convenuescconvenues · cnovenues · conevnues · connvenues · conveneus · convennues · convenuess · convenuse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "convenue" and "convenues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃.və.ny\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "convenue" vs "convenues" - which ranks higher?
"convenue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,780 in our French list, against #49,575 for "convenues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"convenue" and "convenues" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "convenue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convenues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "convenue" and "convenues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contentés vs convenues". 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 #9,830 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