Which to use
“menée” is a noun and “menés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,351
- “menée” frequency rank
- #10,358
- “menés” frequency rank
- 14709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | menée | menés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pratique secrète et artificieuse dont on se sert pour faire réussir un projet. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de mener. |
Same sound, different letters: menée vs menés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - menée and menés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: menée and menés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mə.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “menée” becomes s in “menés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
menée is recorded at frequency rank #4,351, classified as anoun, pronounced \mə.ne\. menés is at rank #10,358, tagged as averb, pronounced \mə.ne\.
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 14709, this pair ranks #395,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of menée vs menés
Shared letters: emné. Private to "menée": -. Private to "menés": s.
"menée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "menés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "menée" vs "menés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "menée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "menés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "menée" and "menés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meier vs menés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #395,524 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.