Which to use
“veuf” and “veufs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,134
- “veuf” frequency rank
- #45,941
- “veufs” frequency rank
- 68075
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veuf | veufs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est privé de. | Masculin pluriel de veuf. |
Same sound, different letters: veuf vs veufs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. veuf runs 4 letters (CVVC) against veufs's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: veuf vs veufs
This is the hard kind. veuf and veufs are pronounced identically (\vœf\) 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) - “veuf” sits inside “veufs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
veuf is recorded at frequency rank #22,134, classified as anadj, pronounced \vœf\. veufs is at rank #45,941, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vœf\.
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 68075, this pair ranks #60,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of veuf vs veufs
Shared letters: efuv. Private to "veuf": -. Private to "veufs": s.
"veuf" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "veufs" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "veuf" for "veufs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "veuf" or "veufs"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "veuf" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "veufs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veuf" and "veufs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ves vs veufs". 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 #60,691 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.