Which to use
“venin” and “vern” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,360
- “venin” frequency rank
- #44,254
- “vern” frequency rank
- 62614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | venin | vern |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Forme mutée de bern par adoucissement (b → v). |
Where the eye mixes venin and vern
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. venin runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against vern's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between venin and vern
A purely visual mix-up. venin (\və.nɛ̃\) and vern (\ˈvɛrn\) 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 62614, 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\. vern is at rank #44,254, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈvɛrn\.
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 62614, this pair ranks #86,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of venin vs vern
Shared letters: env. Private to "venin": i. Private to "vern": r.
"venin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "vern" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "venin" and "vern" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "venin" or "vern" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "venin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "venin" and "vern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vern vs vlan". 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 #86,206 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.