Which to use
“soutenue” and “soutenus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,661
- “soutenue” frequency rank
- #12,481
- “soutenus” frequency rank
- 19142
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soutenue | soutenus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de soutenu. | Masculin pluriel de soutenu. |
Same sound, different letters: soutenue vs soutenus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. soutenue (CVVCVCVV) and soutenus (CVVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - soutenue / soutenus
This is the hard kind. soutenue and soutenus are pronounced identically (\su.tə.ny\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “soutenue” becomes s in “soutenus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19142, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soutenue is recorded at frequency rank #6,661, classified as anadj, pronounced \su.tə.ny\. soutenus is at rank #12,481, tagged as anadj, pronounced \su.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 19142, this pair ranks #374,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of soutenue vs soutenus
Shared letters: enostu. Private to "soutenue": -. Private to "soutenus": -.
"soutenue" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVV · "soutenus" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soutenue" and "soutenus" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "soutenue" or "soutenus"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "soutenue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soutenus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soutenue" and "soutenus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soutane vs soutenue". 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 #374,760 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.