vengévsveninWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: vengé is a verb, venin is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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 spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set vengé and venin apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
vengé
5 ch
venin

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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": . Private to "venin": i.

"vengé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "venin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veninevnin · veinn · veninn · venni · vennin · vnein · vvenin

Frequency comparison

vengé#37,121
venin#18,360

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vengé" and "venin" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vengé" is a verb and "venin" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vengé" or "venin"?
"venin" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,360 in our French list, against #37,121 for "vengé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering vengé vs venin

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “vengé”; for a noun, it's “venin”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “vengé” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list