Which to use
“alliée” is a noun and “alliez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,083
- “alliée” frequency rank
- #23,095
- “alliez” frequency rank
- 38178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alliée | alliez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme ou organisation qui a rejoint une alliance. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de aller. |
Same sound, different letters: alliée vs alliez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - alliée and alliez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: alliée and alliez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.lje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38178, 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\. alliez is at rank #23,095, tagged as averb, 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 38178, this pair ranks #257,118 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alliée vs alliez
Shared letters: aeil. Private to "alliée": é. Private to "alliez": z.
"alliée" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "alliez" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alliez ← aliez · alilez · alleiz · alliezz · allize · laliez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alliée" for "alliez" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "alliée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alliez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,118 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alliée" and "alliez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alliez vs allumez". 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
Confusion rank #257,118 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.