# retenue vs retenus

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### retenue
*noun · IPA \ʁə.tə.ny\ · frequency rank #5,496*
Action de retenir.

### retenus
*verb · IPA \ʁət.ny\ · frequency rank #11,122*
Masculin pluriel du participe passé du verbe retenir.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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