Which to use
“souvenez” and “souvenu” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,783
- “souvenez” frequency rank
- #26,880
- “souvenu” frequency rank
- 35663
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souvenez | souvenu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de souvenir. | Participe passé masculin singulier de souvenir. |
Where the eye mixes souvenez and souvenu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. souvenez runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against souvenu's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: souvenez vs souvenu
A purely visual mix-up. souvenez (\su.və.ne\) and souvenu (\su.və.ny\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souvenez is recorded at frequency rank #8,783, classified as averb, pronounced \su.və.ne\. souvenu is at rank #26,880, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.və.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 35663, this pair ranks #275,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of souvenez vs souvenu
Shared letters: enosuv. Private to "souvenez": z. Private to "souvenu": -.
"souvenez" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "souvenu" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "souvenez" and "souvenu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "souvenez" vs "souvenu" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "souvenez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souvenu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souvenez" and "souvenu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sauvent vs souvenu". 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 #275,119 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.