Which to use
“tenace” and “tentée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,698
- “tenace” frequency rank
- #23,391
- “tentée” frequency rank
- 43089
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tenace | tentée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est adhérent ; qui tient fortement à quelque chose. | Féminin singulier de tenté. |
Where the eye mixes tenace and tentée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tenace (CVCVCV) and tentée (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: tenace vs tentée
A purely visual mix-up. tenace (\tə.nas\) and tentée (\tɑ̃.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tenace is recorded at frequency rank #19,698, classified as anadj, pronounced \tə.nas\. tentée is at rank #23,391, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɑ̃.te\.
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 43089, this pair ranks #220,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tenace vs tentée
Shared letters: ent. Private to "tenace": ac. Private to "tentée": é.
"tenace" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "tentée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tenace ← etnace · teance · tenacce · tenaec · tencae · tennace · tneace · ttenace
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tenace" and "tentée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tenace" vs "tentée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tenace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tentée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tenace" and "tentée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tender vs tentée". 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 #220,711 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.