Which to use
“venues” and “voués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,480
- “venues” frequency rank
- #32,638
- “voués” frequency rank
- 41118
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | venues | voués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de venu. | Masculin pluriel de voué. |
Where the eye mixes venues and voués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. venues runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against voués's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between venues and voués
A purely visual mix-up. venues (\və.ny\) and voués (\vwe\) 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 41118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
venues is recorded at frequency rank #8,480, classified as anadj, pronounced \və.ny\. voués is at rank #32,638, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vwe\.
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 41118, this pair ranks #235,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of venues vs voués
Shared letters: suv. Private to "venues": en. Private to "voués": oé.
"venues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "voués" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- venues ← evnues · veneus · vennues · venuess · venuse · veunes · vneues · vvenues
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "venues" and "voués" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "venues" or "voués" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "venues" and "voués" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "venues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "venues" and "voués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voués vs voûtée". 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 #235,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.