Which to use
“issues” is a noun and “issus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,211
- “issues” frequency rank
- #3,930
- “issus” frequency rank
- 10141
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | issues | issus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Produits de la mouture des céréales, hormis la farine : son, recoupe, remoulage, etc. | Masculin pluriel de issu. |
Same sound, different letters: issues vs issus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - issues and issus
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: issues 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
issues is recorded at frequency rank #6,211, 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 10141, this pair ranks #414,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of issues vs issus
Shared letters: isu. Private to "issues": e. Private to "issus": -.
"issues" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "issus" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "issues" and "issus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "issues" or "issus"?
Useful next steps
"issues" and "issus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "issues" 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 #414,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "issues" and "issus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "issues vs Istres". 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 #414,067 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.