Which to use
“maintenus” is a noun and “maintes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,064
- “maintenus” frequency rank
- #10,028
- “maintes” frequency rank
- 29092
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maintenus | maintes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de maintenu. | Féminin pluriel de maint. |
Where the eye mixes maintenus and maintes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. maintenus runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCVC) against maintes's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses maintenus with maintes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: maintenus is \mɛ̃.tə.ny\ while maintes is \mɛ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maintenus is recorded at frequency rank #19,064, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɛ̃.tə.ny\. maintes is at rank #10,028, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɛ̃t\.
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 29092, this pair ranks #318,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maintenus vs maintes
Shared letters: aeimnst. Private to "maintenus": u. Private to "maintes": -.
"maintenus" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC · "maintes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "maintenus" for "maintes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "maintenus" or "maintes"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "maintenus" and "maintes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maintenus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maintes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #318,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maintenus" and "maintes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Maintenon vs maintenus". 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 #318,799 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.