# survenir vs survenu

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### survenir
*verb · IPA \syʁ.və.niʁ\ · frequency rank #17,566*
Arriver inopinément ; venir tout à coup.

### survenu
*verb · IPA \syʁ.və.ny\ · frequency rank #14,162*
Participe passé masculin singulier de survenir.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/survenir-vs-survenu