Which to use
“suspendue” and “suspendues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,673
- “suspendue” frequency rank
- #22,428
- “suspendues” frequency rank
- 34101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suspendue | suspendues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de suspendu. | Féminin pluriel de suspendu. |
Same sound, different letters: suspendue vs suspendues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: suspendue vs suspendues
This is the hard kind. suspendue and suspendues are pronounced identically (\sys.pɑ̃.dy\) 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 extra letter(s) - “suspendue” sits inside “suspendues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suspendue is recorded at frequency rank #11,673, classified as anadj, pronounced \sys.pɑ̃.dy\. suspendues is at rank #22,428, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sys.pɑ̃.dy\.
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 34101, this pair ranks #286,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suspendue vs suspendues
Shared letters: denpsu. Private to "suspendue": -. Private to "suspendues": -.
"suspendue" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "suspendues" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suspendue ← ssupendue · ssuspendue · supsendue · susepndue · suspednue · suspenddue · suspendeu · suspenndue
- suspendues ← ssupendues · ssuspendues · supsendues · susepndues · suspednues · suspenddues · suspendeus · suspenduess
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "suspendue" and "suspendues" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "suspendue" vs "suspendues" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"suspendue" and "suspendues" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "suspendue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suspendues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #286,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suspendue" and "suspendues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suspendues vs suspendus". 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 #286,160 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.