Which to use
“dénué” and “dénués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,187
- “dénué” frequency rank
- #42,844
- “dénués” frequency rank
- 66031
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dénué | dénués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est dépourvu du nécessaire. | Masculin pluriel de dénué. |
Same sound, different letters: dénué vs dénués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. dénué runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against dénués's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - dénué and dénués
This is the hard kind. dénué and dénués are pronounced identically (\de.nɥe\) 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) - “dénué” sits inside “dénués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66031, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dénué is recorded at frequency rank #23,187, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.nɥe\. dénués is at rank #42,844, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.nɥe\.
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 66031, this pair ranks #69,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dénué vs dénués
Shared letters: dnué. Private to "dénué": -. Private to "dénués": s.
"dénué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "dénués" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dénué" and "dénués" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dénué" or "dénués"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dénué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dénués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dénué" and "dénués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déçues vs dénués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #69,632 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.