Which to use
“venin” is a noun and “Vénus” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,360
- “venin” frequency rank
- #10,807
- “Vénus” frequency rank
- 29167
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | venin | Vénus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Déesse romaine de l’amour et de la beauté, équivalente à la grecque Aphrodite. |
Where the eye mixes venin and Vénus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: venin vs Vénus
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: venin is \və.nɛ̃\ 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 (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
venin is recorded at frequency rank #18,360, classified as anoun, pronounced \və.nɛ̃\. 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 29167, this pair ranks #318,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of venin vs Vénus
Shared letters: nv. Private to "venin": ei. Private to "Vénus": sué.
"venin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Vénus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- venin ← evnin · veinn · veninn · venni · vennin · vnein · vvenin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "venin" and "Vénus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "venin" vs "Vénus" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "venin" 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 #318,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "venin" and "Vénus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venin vs vern". 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 #318,355 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.