allouer

\a.lwe\

/\a.lwe\/ verb

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The verdict

“allouer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,626
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accorder quelque chose à quelqu'un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-allouer · allouer · French

allouer · rank #29,626 · 7 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,626
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH agressés

Nearest frequency peer: agressés (-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 « allouer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « allouer » 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).

allouer vs avouer
71% similar
allouer vs allumer
71% similar
allouer vs alloués
71% similar

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

Key facts for allouer
PropertyValue
Headwordallouer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.lwe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,626
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « allouer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).allouerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « agressés » (#29,625), « altruisme » (#29,627), « agissons » (#29,624). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « allouer » est au #29,626. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around allouer (IPA \a.lwe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,626 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for allouer, with forms such as "alloeur", "allouerr", and "alloure". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "avouer", "allumer", "alloués", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is allouer, spelled A-L-L-O-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accorder quelque chose à quelqu'un.
  2. 2
    Assigner, affecter, une chose à quelqu'un ou à une autre chose.
  3. 3
    Passer une dépense en compte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how allouer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Si le gouvernement alloue aux membres du haut clergé des traitements supérieurs à ceux du clergé subalterne, c'est qu'il le veut bien.
  2. Pourtant lʼon ne peut sʼempêcher de rappeler que le même tribunal avait pu allouer des dommages et intérêts à Bill Gates dont le nom avait été déposé comme marque par un restaurateur de Sainte-Luce (Martinique).

Synonyms

attribuerapprouver

Antonyms

désallouer

This word in other languages

grant(English)asignar(Español)zuordnen(Deutsch)intimar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alloeur
  • allouerr
  • alloure
  • alluoer
  • aloluer
  • alouer
  • lalouer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alloeur2allouerr1alloure2alluoer2aloluer2alouer1lalouer2
Edit distance from "allouer"

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 "allouer"?
"allouer" is spelled A-L-L-O-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lwe\.
What does "allouer" mean?
As a verb, "allouer" means: Accorder quelque chose à quelqu'un.
What words are commonly confused with "allouer"?
"allouer" is commonly confused with "avouer", "allumer", "alloués". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "allouer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "allouer" is \a.lwe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "allouer" come from?
"allouer" 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 "allouer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

apposer#29,639énoncer#29,612avidité#29,652aéronef#29,655

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Avent7 variantsvidée7 variantscampe7 variantscampo7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list