Which to use
“eue” and “eues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,376
- “eue” frequency rank
- #24,212
- “eues” frequency rank
- 36588
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | eue | eues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de avoir. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de avoir. |
Same sound, different letters: eue vs eues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - eue and eues
This is the hard kind. eue and eues are pronounced identically (\y\) 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) - “eue” sits inside “eues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
eue is recorded at frequency rank #12,376, classified as averb, pronounced \y\. eues is at rank #24,212, tagged as averb, pronounced \y\.
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 36588, this pair ranks #268,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of eue vs eues
Shared letters: eu. Private to "eue": -. Private to "eues": s.
"eue" · 3 letters · shape VVV · "eues" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- eues ← eeus · euess · euse · uees
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "eue" for "eues" ever safe?
Frequency check: "eue" vs "eues" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"eue" and "eues" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "eue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "eues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #268,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "eue" and "eues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "étuis vs eues". 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 #268,530 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.