Which to use
“devenu” and “devenue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #937
- “devenu” frequency rank
- #2,033
- “devenue” frequency rank
- 2970
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | devenu | devenue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé du verbe devenir. | Participe passé féminin singulier de devenir. |
Same sound, different letters: devenu vs devenue
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - devenu / devenue
This is the hard kind. devenu and devenue are pronounced identically (\də.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) - “devenu” sits inside “devenue”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
devenu is recorded at frequency rank #937, classified as averb, pronounced \də.və.ny\. devenue is at rank #2,033, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.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 2970, this pair ranks #435,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of devenu vs devenue
Shared letters: denuv. Private to "devenu": -. Private to "devenue": -.
"devenu" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "devenue" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "devenu" and "devenue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "devenu" or "devenue"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "devenu" / "devenue". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "devenu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devenue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "devenu" and "devenue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devenu vs devins". 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 #435,086 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.