Which to use
“alliée” is a noun and “alliés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,083
- “alliée” frequency rank
- #3,433
- “alliés” frequency rank
- 18516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alliée | alliés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme ou organisation qui a rejoint une alliance. | Masculin pluriel de allié. |
Same sound, different letters: alliée vs alliés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - alliée and alliés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: alliée and alliés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.lje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “alliée” becomes s in “alliés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alliée is recorded at frequency rank #15,083, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.lje\. alliés is at rank #3,433, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.lje\.
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 18516, this pair ranks #377,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of alliée vs alliés
Shared letters: ailé. Private to "alliée": e. Private to "alliés": s.
"alliée" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "alliés" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "alliée" / "alliés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "alliée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alliés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alliée" and "alliés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alizé vs alliée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #377,916 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.