# tenues vs tonus

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### tenues
*noun · IPA \tə.ny\ · frequency rank #6,564*
Pluriel de tenue.

### tonus
*noun · IPA \tɔ.nys\ · frequency rank #35,755*
Tension, contraction légère et permanente, tenue des muscles.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/tenues-vs-tonus