Which to use
“aller” and “allés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #201
- “aller” frequency rank
- #6,584
- “allés” frequency rank
- 6785
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aller | allés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se déplacer jusqu'à un endroit. | Masculin pluriel du participe passé du verbe aller. |
Same sound, different letters: aller vs allés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. aller and allés are pronounced identically (\a.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aller is recorded at frequency rank #201, classified as averb, pronounced \a.le\. allés is at rank #6,584, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.le\.
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 6785, this pair ranks #425,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aller vs allés
Shared letters: al. Private to "aller": er. Private to "allés": sé.
"aller" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "allés" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aller ← alelr · aler · allerr · allre · laler
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aller" and "allés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "aller" or "allés"?
What to do next
You've compared "aller" and "allés". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "aller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aller" and "allés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allés vs aves". 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
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