Which to use
“vendu” and “vendues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,346
- “vendu” frequency rank
- #10,603
- “vendues” frequency rank
- 12949
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vendu | vendues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a fait l’objet d’une vente. | Féminin pluriel de vendu. |
Same sound, different letters: vendu vs vendues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - vendu / vendues
This is the hard kind. vendu and vendues are pronounced identically (\vɑ̃.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) - “vendu” sits inside “vendues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vendu is recorded at frequency rank #2,346, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɑ̃.dy\. vendues is at rank #10,603, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vɑ̃.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 12949, this pair ranks #403,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vendu vs vendues
Shared letters: denuv. Private to "vendu": -. Private to "vendues": s.
"vendu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "vendues" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vendu" for "vendues" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vendu" or "vendues"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "vendu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vendues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vendu" and "vendues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vendeuses vs vendues". 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 #403,073 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.