Which to use
“étendu” and “étendues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,775
- “étendu” frequency rank
- #15,550
- “étendues” frequency rank
- 23325
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | étendu | étendues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grand, large, vaste. | Féminin pluriel de étendu. |
Same sound, different letters: étendu vs étendues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. étendu and étendues are pronounced identically (\e.tɑ̃.dy\) 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) - “étendu” sits inside “étendues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23325, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
étendu is recorded at frequency rank #7,775, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.tɑ̃.dy\. étendues is at rank #15,550, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.tɑ̃.dy\.
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 23325, this pair ranks #353,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of étendu vs étendues
Shared letters: dentué. Private to "étendu": -. Private to "étendues": s.
"étendu" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "étendues" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC