Which to use
“imprévues” and “imprévus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,810
- “imprévues” frequency rank
- #23,897
- “imprévus” frequency rank
- 64707
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imprévues | imprévus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de imprévu. | Masculin pluriel de imprévu. |
Same sound, different letters: imprévues vs imprévus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. imprévues runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVVC) against imprévus's 8 (VCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - imprévues / imprévus
This is the hard kind. imprévues and imprévus 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64707, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imprévues is recorded at frequency rank #40,810, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.pʁe.vy\. imprévus is at rank #23,897, 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 64707, this pair ranks #75,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of imprévues vs imprévus
Shared letters: imprsuvé. Private to "imprévues": e. Private to "imprévus": -.
"imprévues" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "imprévus" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "imprévues" and "imprévus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "imprévues" vs "imprévus" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "imprévues" / "imprévus". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "imprévues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imprévus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imprévues" and "imprévus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imprégnés vs imprévues". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #75,732 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.