Which to use
“dénuée” and “dénués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,144
- “dénuée” frequency rank
- #42,844
- “dénués” frequency rank
- 70988
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dénuée | dénués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de dénué. | Masculin pluriel de dénué. |
Same sound, different letters: dénuée vs dénués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. dénuée (CVCVVV) and dénués (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - dénuée / dénués
This is the hard kind. dénuée 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 a single letter - e in “dénuée” becomes s in “dénués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70988, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dénuée is recorded at frequency rank #28,144, 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 70988, this pair ranks #49,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dénuée vs dénués
Shared letters: dnué. Private to "dénuée": e. Private to "dénués": s.
"dénuée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "dénués" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dénuée" for "dénués" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dénuée" vs "dénués" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"dénuée" and "dénués" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dénuée" 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 #49,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dénuée" and "dénués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déçues vs dénués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #49,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.