Which to use
“vécu” and “vécue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,794
- “vécu” frequency rank
- #12,501
- “vécue” frequency rank
- 14295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vécu | vécue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a eu lieu dans la vie de quelqu’un. | Féminin singulier de vécu. |
Same sound, different letters: vécu vs vécue
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. vécu runs 4 letters (CVCV) against vécue's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - vécu / vécue
This is the hard kind. vécu and vécue are pronounced identically (\ve.ky\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “vécu” sits inside “vécue”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vécu is recorded at frequency rank #1,794, classified as anadj, pronounced \ve.ky\. vécue is at rank #12,501, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ve.ky\.
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 14295, this pair ranks #397,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vécu vs vécue
Shared letters: cuvé. Private to "vécu": -. Private to "vécue": e.
"vécu" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "vécue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vécu" and "vécue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vécu" or "vécue" show up more?
What to do next
"vécu" and "vécue" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "vécu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vécue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vécu" and "vécue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vécue vs velu". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #397,316 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.