Which to use
“allongé” and “allongée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,820
- “allongé” frequency rank
- #13,728
- “allongée” frequency rank
- 24548
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allongé | allongée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui est long, par opposition aux choses de même espèce qui ont une forme plus ramassée. | Féminin singulier de allongé. |
Same sound, different letters: allongé vs allongée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - allongé / allongée
This is the hard kind. allongé and allongée are pronounced identically (\a.lɔ̃.ʒe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “allongé” sits inside “allongée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allongé is recorded at frequency rank #10,820, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.lɔ̃.ʒe\. allongée is at rank #13,728, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.lɔ̃.ʒe\.
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 24548, this pair ranks #345,982 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of allongé vs allongée
Shared letters: aglnoé. Private to "allongé": -. Private to "allongée": e.
"allongé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "allongée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "allongé" for "allongée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "allongé" or "allongée"?
What to do next
"allongé" and "allongée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "allongé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allongée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,982 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allongé" and "allongée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allongé vs alloue". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #345,982 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.