vengévsVénusWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

“vengé” is a verb and “Vénus” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,121
“vengé” frequency rank
#10,807
“Vénus” frequency rank
47928
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vengé Vénus
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de venger. Déesse romaine de l’amour et de la beauté, équivalente à la grecque Aphrodite.

Where the eye mixes vengé and Vénus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. vengé (CVCCV) and Vénus (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
vengé
5 ch
Vénus

Look-alike desk: vengé vs Vénus

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vengé is \vɑ̃.ʒe\ while Vénus is \ve.nys\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47928, 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\. Vénus is at rank #10,807, tagged as aname, pronounced \ve.nys\.

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 47928, this pair ranks #183,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vengé vs Vénus

Shared letters: nvé. Private to "vengé": eg. Private to "Vénus": su.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vengé" and "Vénus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vengé" is a verb and "Vénus" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vengé" or "Vénus"?
"Vénus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,807 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vengé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Vénus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #183,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vengé" and "Vénus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vengé vs veniez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #183,029 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