alloue

\a.lu\

/\a.lu\/ verb

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The verdict

“alloue” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,718. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,718
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-alloue · alloue · French

alloue · rank #47,718 · 5 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,718
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alcide

Nearest frequency peer: alcide (-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 « alloue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « alloue » 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).

alloue vs avoué
50% similar
alloue vs alone
67% similar
alloue vs allure
67% similar

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

Key facts for alloue
PropertyValue
Headwordalloue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.lu\
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,718
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alloue »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.allouese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alcide » (#47,717), « albâtre » (#47,716), « amovibles » (#47,720). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alloue » est au #47,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around alloue (IPA \a.lu\), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,718 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for alloue, with forms such as "alloeu", "alluoe", and "alolue". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "avoué", "alone", "allure", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is alloue, spelled A-L-L-O-U-E.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alloeu
  • alluoe
  • alolue
  • aloue
  • laloue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alloue - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

alloeu2alluoe2alolue2aloue1laloue2
Edit distance from "alloue"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alcide#47,717auriol#47,737basale#47,742zoulou#47,694

Similar misspelling depth

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

atos5 variantszouk5 variantsyogi5 variantssunna5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list