Which to use
“tenaces” and “tentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,563
- “tenaces” frequency rank
- #17,837
- “tentés” frequency rank
- 56400
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tenaces | tentés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de tenace. | Masculin pluriel de tenté. |
Where the eye mixes tenaces and tentés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tenaces runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against tentés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tenaces vs tentés
A purely visual mix-up. tenaces (\tə.nas\) and tentés (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tenaces is recorded at frequency rank #38,563, classified as anadj, pronounced \tə.nas\. tentés is at rank #17,837, 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 56400, this pair ranks #121,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tenaces vs tentés
Shared letters: enst. Private to "tenaces": ac. Private to "tentés": é.
"tenaces" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "tentés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tenaces ← etnaces · teances · tenacces · tenacess · tenacse · tenaecs · tencaes · tennaces
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tenaces" for "tentés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "tenaces" or "tentés" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tenaces" and "tentés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tenaces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tentés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tenaces" and "tentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tenaces vs tentées". 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 #121,319 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.