# tenons vs tenus

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### tenons
*noun · IPA \tə.nɔ̃\ · frequency rank #14,371*
Pluriel de tenon.

### tenus
*verb · IPA \tə.ny\ · frequency rank #6,348*
Masculin pluriel du participe passé de tenir.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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