Which to use
“imprévue” and “imprévues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,442
- “imprévue” frequency rank
- #40,810
- “imprévues” frequency rank
- 73252
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imprévue | imprévues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de imprévu. | Féminin pluriel de imprévu. |
Same sound, different letters: imprévue vs imprévues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. imprévue runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against imprévues's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: imprévue vs imprévues
This is the hard kind. imprévue and imprévues are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.pʁe.vy\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “imprévue” sits inside “imprévues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73252, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imprévue is recorded at frequency rank #32,442, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁe.vy\. imprévues is at rank #40,810, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁe.vy\.
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 73252, this pair ranks #41,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of imprévue vs imprévues
Shared letters: eimpruvé. Private to "imprévue": -. Private to "imprévues": s.
"imprévue" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "imprévues" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "imprévue" and "imprévues" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "imprévue" vs "imprévues" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "imprévue" / "imprévues". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "imprévue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imprévues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imprévue" and "imprévues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imprégnés vs imprévues". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #41,106 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.