Which to use
“tordu” and “tordues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,294
- “tordu” frequency rank
- #44,782
- “tordues” frequency rank
- 62076
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tordu | tordues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a subi une torsion. | Féminin pluriel de tordu. |
Same sound, different letters: tordu vs tordues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. tordu runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against tordues's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - tordu / tordues
This is the hard kind. tordu and tordues are pronounced identically (\tɔʁ.dy\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “tordu” sits inside “tordues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62076, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tordu is recorded at frequency rank #17,294, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɔʁ.dy\. tordues is at rank #44,782, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɔʁ.dy\.
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 62076, this pair ranks #88,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tordu vs tordues
Shared letters: dortu. Private to "tordu": -. Private to "tordues": es.
"tordu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tordues" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tordu" and "tordues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tordu" or "tordues" show up more?
What to do next
"tordu" and "tordues" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "tordu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tordues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tordu" and "tordues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tordues vs tories". 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 #88,946 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.