Which to use
“allongé” and “allongées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,820
- “allongé” frequency rank
- #34,400
- “allongées” frequency rank
- 45220
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allongé | allongées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui est long, par opposition aux choses de même espèce qui ont une forme plus ramassée. | Féminin pluriel de allongé. |
Same sound, different letters: allongé vs allongées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: allongé vs allongées
This is the hard kind. allongé and allongées 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 2 extra letter(s) - “allongé” sits inside “allongées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45220, 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\. allongées is at rank #34,400, 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 45220, this pair ranks #204,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of allongé vs allongées
Shared letters: aglnoé. Private to "allongé": -. Private to "allongées": es.
"allongé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "allongées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "allongé" for "allongées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "allongé" or "allongées"?
Useful next steps
"allongé" and "allongées" 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 "allongées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #204,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allongé" and "allongées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allongées vs allongent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #204,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.