Which to use
“vécues” and “vécus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,734
- “vécues” frequency rank
- #24,439
- “vécus” frequency rank
- 48173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vécues | vécus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de vécu. | Masculin pluriel de vécu. |
Same sound, different letters: vécues vs vécus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. vécues runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against vécus's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: vécues vs vécus
This is the hard kind. vécues and vécus 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vécues is recorded at frequency rank #23,734, classified as anadj, pronounced \ve.ky\. vécus is at rank #24,439, 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 48173, this pair ranks #181,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vécues vs vécus
Shared letters: csuvé. Private to "vécues": e. Private to "vécus": -.
"vécues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "vécus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vécues" and "vécus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vécues" or "vécus" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "vécues" / "vécus". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "vécues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vécus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #181,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vécues" and "vécus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vécus vs veufs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #181,052 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.