Which to use
“soutenues” and “soutenus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,600
- “soutenues” frequency rank
- #12,481
- “soutenus” frequency rank
- 31081
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soutenues | soutenus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de soutenu. | Masculin pluriel de soutenu. |
Same sound, different letters: soutenues vs soutenus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. soutenues runs 9 letters (CVVCVCVVC) against soutenus's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - soutenues and soutenus
This is the hard kind. soutenues 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soutenues is recorded at frequency rank #18,600, 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 31081, this pair ranks #306,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soutenues vs soutenus
Shared letters: enostu. Private to "soutenues": -. Private to "soutenus": -.
"soutenues" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVVC · "soutenus" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soutenues" and "soutenus" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "soutenues" or "soutenus" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "soutenues" 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 #306,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soutenues" and "soutenus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soutenons vs soutenues". 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 #306,111 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.