venduesvsvenuesWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“vendues” and “venues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,603
“vendues” frequency rank
#8,480
“venues” frequency rank
19083
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendues venues
Definition Féminin pluriel de vendu. Féminin pluriel de venu.

Where the eye mixes vendues and venues

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
vendues
6 ch
venues

Visual trap between vendues and venues

A purely visual mix-up. vendues (\vɑ̃.dy\) and venues (\və.ny\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendues is recorded at frequency rank #10,603, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɑ̃.dy\. venues is at rank #8,480, tagged as anadj, pronounced \və.ny\.

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 19083, this pair ranks #375,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vendues vs venues

Shared letters: ensuv. Private to "vendues": d. Private to "venues": -.

"vendues" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "venues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • venduesevndues · vednues · venddues · vendeus · venduess · venduse · venndues · venudes
  • venuesevnues · veneus · vennues · venuess · venuse · veunes · vneues · vvenues

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vendues" and "venues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\vɑ̃.dy\ versus \və.ny\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vendues" vs "venues" - which ranks higher?
"venues" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,480 in our French list, against #10,603 for "vendues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vendues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "venues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #375,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendues" and "venues" 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 #375,104 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list