Which to use
“allongé” and “alone” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,820
- “allongé” frequency rank
- #21,524
- “alone” frequency rank
- 32344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allongé | alone |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui est long, par opposition aux choses de même espèce qui ont une forme plus ramassée. | Seul, tout seul, solitaire. |
Where the eye mixes allongé and alone
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: allongé vs alone
A purely visual mix-up. allongé (\a.lɔ̃.ʒe\) and alone ([ə.ˈloʊn]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32344, 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\. alone is at rank #21,524, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ə.ˈloʊn].
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 32344, this pair ranks #297,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of allongé vs alone
Shared letters: alno. Private to "allongé": gé. Private to "alone": e.
"allongé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "alone" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- alone ← allone · alnoe · aloen · alonne · aolne · laone
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "allongé" and "alone" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "allongé" or "alone" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "allongé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allongé" and "alone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alizé vs alone". 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 #297,901 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.