Which to use
“issue” is a noun and “issus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,921
- “issue” frequency rank
- #3,930
- “issus” frequency rank
- 5851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | issue | issus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sortie, lieu par où l’on sort. | Masculin pluriel de issu. |
Same sound, different letters: issue vs issus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - issue / issus
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: issue and issus carry the same recorded pronunciation, \i.sy\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “issue” becomes s in “issus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
issue is recorded at frequency rank #1,921, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.sy\. issus is at rank #3,930, tagged as anadj, 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 5851, this pair ranks #427,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of issue vs issus
Shared letters: isu. Private to "issue": e. Private to "issus": -.
"issue" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "issus" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "issue" and "issus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "issue" or "issus" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "issue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "issus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "issue" and "issus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ISSN vs issus". 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 #427,888 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.