Which to use
“entretenu” and “entretenues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,866
- “entretenu” frequency rank
- #30,149
- “entretenues” frequency rank
- 41015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entretenu | entretenues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tenu ensemble, joint. | Féminin pluriel de entretenu. |
Same sound, different letters: entretenu vs entretenues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. entretenu runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVCV) against entretenues's 11 (VCCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - entretenu / entretenues
This is the hard kind. entretenu and entretenues are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.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 2 extra letter(s) - “entretenu” sits inside “entretenues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entretenu is recorded at frequency rank #10,866, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.ny\. entretenues is at rank #30,149, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.tʁə.tə.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 41015, this pair ranks #236,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of entretenu vs entretenues
Shared letters: enrtu. Private to "entretenu": -. Private to "entretenues": s.
"entretenu" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV · "entretenues" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- entretenu ← enntretenu · enrtetenu · entertenu · entreetnu · entretennu · entreteun · entretneu · entrettenu
- entretenues ← enntretenues · enrtetenues · entertenues · entreetnues · entreteneus · entretennues · entretenuess · entretenuse
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "entretenu" / "entretenues". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "entretenu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entretenues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entretenu" and "entretenues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entretenues vs entretenus". 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 #236,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.