Which to use
“vengé” is a verb and “venin” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,121
- “vengé” frequency rank
- #18,360
- “venin” frequency rank
- 55481
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vengé | venin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de venger. | Poison produit, chez certains animaux, par sécrétion, et qui, introduit dans le sang d’un autre animal ou d’un homme par une morsure ou une piqûre, amène de graves désordres et même la mort. |
Where the eye mixes vengé and venin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. vengé (CVCCV) and venin (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between vengé and venin
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vengé is \vɑ̃.ʒe\ while venin is \və.nɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55481, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vengé is recorded at frequency rank #37,121, classified as averb, pronounced \vɑ̃.ʒe\. venin is at rank #18,360, tagged as anoun, pronounced \və.nɛ̃\.
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 55481, this pair ranks #127,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vengé vs venin
Shared letters: env. Private to "vengé": gé. Private to "venin": i.
"vengé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "venin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- venin ← evnin · veinn · veninn · venni · vennin · vnein · vvenin
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vengé" for "venin" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vengé" or "venin"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "vengé" and "venin" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vengé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "venin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vengé" and "venin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vengé vs veniez". 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 #127,190 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.