Which to use
“venais” and “venons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,149
- “venais” frequency rank
- #8,633
- “venons” frequency rank
- 19782
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | venais | venons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe venir. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe venir. |
Where the eye mixes venais and venons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. venais (CVCVVC) and venons (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses venais with venons
A purely visual mix-up. venais (\və.nɛ\) and venons (\və.nɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
venais is recorded at frequency rank #11,149, classified as averb, pronounced \və.nɛ\. venons is at rank #8,633, tagged as averb, pronounced \və.nɔ̃\.
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 19782, this pair ranks #371,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of venais vs venons
Shared letters: ensv. Private to "venais": ai. Private to "venons": o.
"venais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "venons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "venais" and "venons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "venais" or "venons"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "venais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "venons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "venais" and "venons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vegans vs venais". 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 #371,587 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.