Which to use
“alliez” and “allumez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,095
- “alliez” frequency rank
- #44,851
- “allumez” frequency rank
- 67946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alliez | allumez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de aller. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe allumer. |
Where the eye mixes alliez and allumez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. alliez runs 6 letters (VCCVVC) against allumez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between alliez and allumez
A purely visual mix-up. alliez (\a.lje\) and allumez (\a.ly.me\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alliez is recorded at frequency rank #23,095, classified as averb, pronounced \a.lje\. allumez is at rank #44,851, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ly.me\.
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 67946, this pair ranks #61,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alliez vs allumez
Shared letters: aelz. Private to "alliez": i. Private to "allumez": mu.
"alliez" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "allumez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alliez" for "allumez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "alliez" vs "allumez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "alliez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allumez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alliez" and "allumez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allumez vs assumez". 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 #61,293 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.