allègue

\a.lɛɡ\

/\a.lɛɡ\/ verb

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The verdict

“allègue” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,292
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe alléguer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-allegue · allègue · French

allègue · rank #44,292 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,292
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alourdit

Nearest frequency peer: alourdit (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « allègue »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « allègue » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

allègue vs alloue
71% similar
allègue vs allende
57% similar
allègue vs allergie
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for allègue
PropertyValue
Headwordallègue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.lɛɡ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,292
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « allègue »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).allèguese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alourdit » (#44,293), « affichera » (#44,290), « amasse » (#44,294). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « allègue » est au #44,292. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around allègue (IPA \a.lɛɡ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,292 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for allègue, with forms such as "allegue", "allgèue", and "allègeu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "alloue", "allende", "allergie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is allègue, spelled A-L-L-È-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe alléguer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe alléguer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe alléguer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe alléguer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe alléguer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • allegue
  • allgèue
  • allègeu
  • allèggue
  • allèuge
  • alègue
  • alèlgue
  • lalègue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of allègue - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

allegue1allgèue2allègeu2allèggue1allèuge2alègue1alèlgue2lalègue2
Edit distance from "allègue"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "allègue"?
"allègue" is spelled A-L-L-È-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lɛɡ\.
What does "allègue" mean?
As a verb, "allègue" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe alléguer.
What words are commonly confused with "allègue"?
"allègue" is commonly confused with "alloue", "allende", "allergie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "allègue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "allègue" is \a.lɛɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "allègue" come from?
"allègue" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "allègue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Admiral#44,287aplatir#44,301arables#44,304étalées#44,277

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

assures8 variantsauvent8 variantswitch8 variantsValmy8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list