Which to use
“maintenu” is a verb and “maintenues” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,589
- “maintenu” frequency rank
- #26,085
- “maintenues” frequency rank
- 33674
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maintenu | maintenues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de maintenir. | Pluriel de maintenue. |
Same sound, different letters: maintenu vs maintenues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. maintenu runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCV) against maintenues's 10 (CVVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - maintenu and maintenues
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: maintenu and maintenues carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mɛ̃.tə.ny\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “maintenu” sits inside “maintenues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maintenu is recorded at frequency rank #7,589, classified as averb, pronounced \mɛ̃.tə.ny\. maintenues is at rank #26,085, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɛ̃.tə.ny\.
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 33674, this pair ranks #289,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maintenu vs maintenues
Shared letters: aeimntu. Private to "maintenu": -. Private to "maintenues": s.
"maintenu" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "maintenues" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- maintenu ← amintenu · mainetnu · mainntenu · maintennu · mainteun · maintneu · mainttenu · maitnenu
- maintenues ← amintenues · mainetnues · mainntenues · mainteneus · maintennues · maintenuess · maintenuse · mainteunes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "maintenu" and "maintenues" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "maintenu" or "maintenues" show up more?
What to do next
"maintenu" and "maintenues" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "maintenu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maintenues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #289,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maintenu" and "maintenues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maintenez vs maintenues". 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 #289,069 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.