Which to use
“maintenue” is a noun and “maintienne” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,615
- “maintenue” frequency rank
- #43,000
- “maintienne” frequency rank
- 55615
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maintenue | maintienne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Confirmation, par jugement, dans la possession d’un bien ou d’un droit litigieux. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de maintenir. |
Where the eye mixes maintenue and maintienne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. maintenue runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCVV) against maintienne's 10 (CVVCCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between maintenue and maintienne
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: maintenue is \mɛ̃.tə.ny\ while maintienne is \mɛ̃.tjɛn\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maintenue is recorded at frequency rank #12,615, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɛ̃.tə.ny\. maintienne is at rank #43,000, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɛ̃.tjɛn\.
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 55615, this pair ranks #126,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maintenue vs maintienne
Shared letters: aeimnt. Private to "maintenue": u. Private to "maintienne": -.
"maintenue" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVV · "maintienne" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- maintenue ← amintenue · mainetnue · mainntenue · mainteneu · maintennue · mainteune · maintneue · mainttenue
- maintienne ← amintienne · mainitenne · mainntienne · mainteinne · maintiene · maintienen · maintinene · mainttienne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "maintenue" for "maintienne" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "maintenue" or "maintienne" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "maintenue" and "maintienne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maintenue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maintienne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maintenue" and "maintienne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maintienne vs martienne". 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 #126,326 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.