Which to use
“alliées” is an adjective and “alliez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,864
- “alliées” frequency rank
- #23,095
- “alliez” frequency rank
- 40959
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alliées | alliez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de allié. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de aller. |
Same sound, different letters: alliées vs alliez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. alliées runs 7 letters (VCCVVVC) against alliez's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: alliées vs alliez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: alliées and alliez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.lje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alliées is recorded at frequency rank #17,864, classified as anadj, 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 40959, this pair ranks #236,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alliées vs alliez
Shared letters: aeil. Private to "alliées": sé. Private to "alliez": z.
"alliées" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC · "alliez" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alliez ← aliez · alilez · alleiz · alliezz · allize · laliez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alliées" and "alliez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "alliées" or "alliez"?
After this comparison
"alliées" and "alliez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "alliées" 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 #236,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alliées" 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 #236,645 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.