Which to use
“tendue” and “teneur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,957
- “tendue” frequency rank
- #9,084
- “teneur” frequency rank
- 20041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tendue | teneur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de tendre un filet, un piège. | Ce qui est contenu mot à mot dans un écrit, son texte littéral. |
Where the eye mixes tendue and teneur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between tendue and teneur
A purely visual mix-up. tendue (\tɑ̃.dy\) and teneur (\tə.nœʁ\) 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 20041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tendue is recorded at frequency rank #10,957, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɑ̃.dy\. teneur is at rank #9,084, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tə.nœʁ\.
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 20041, this pair ranks #370,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tendue vs teneur
Shared letters: entu. Private to "tendue": d. Private to "teneur": r.
"tendue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "teneur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tendue" for "teneur" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tendue" or "teneur"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "tendue" and "teneur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tendue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "teneur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #370,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tendue" and "teneur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tender vs tendue". 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 #370,217 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.