Which to use
“issu” is an adjective and “issue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,769
- “issu” frequency rank
- #1,921
- “issue” frequency rank
- 6690
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | issu | issue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Né (d’une personne, d’une lignée ou d’une race), descendant. | Sortie, lieu par où l’on sort. |
Same sound, different letters: issu vs issue
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - issu / issue
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: issu and issue carry the same recorded pronunciation, \i.sy\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “issu” sits inside “issue”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
issu is recorded at frequency rank #4,769, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.sy\. issue is at rank #1,921, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.sy\.
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 6690, this pair ranks #425,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of issu vs issue
Shared letters: isu. Private to "issu": -. Private to "issue": e.
"issu" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "issue" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "issu" and "issue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "issu" or "issue" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "issu" / "issue". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "issu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "issue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "issu" and "issue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isi vs issu". 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 #425,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.