Which to use
“vêtue” and “vêtues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,624
- “vêtue” frequency rank
- #42,121
- “vêtues” frequency rank
- 60745
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vêtue | vêtues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de vêtu. | Féminin pluriel de vêtu. |
Same sound, different letters: vêtue vs vêtues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. vêtue runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against vêtues's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - vêtue / vêtues
This is the hard kind. vêtue and vêtues are pronounced identically (\vɛ.ty\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vêtue” sits inside “vêtues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vêtue is recorded at frequency rank #18,624, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɛ.ty\. vêtues is at rank #42,121, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vɛ.ty\.
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 60745, this pair ranks #95,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vêtue vs vêtues
Shared letters: etuvê. Private to "vêtue": -. Private to "vêtues": s.
"vêtue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "vêtues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vêtue" and "vêtues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vêtue" or "vêtues" show up more?
After this comparison
"vêtue" and "vêtues" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "vêtue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vêtues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vêtue" and "vêtues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vêtues vs veufs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #95,979 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.