Which to use
“allongée” and “allongées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,728
- “allongée” frequency rank
- #34,400
- “allongées” frequency rank
- 48128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allongée | allongées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de allongé. | Féminin pluriel de allongé. |
Same sound, different letters: allongée vs allongées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. allongée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against allongées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - allongée / allongées
This is the hard kind. allongée 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 1 extra letter(s) - “allongée” sits inside “allongées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allongée is recorded at frequency rank #13,728, 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 48128, this pair ranks #181,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of allongée vs allongées
Shared letters: aeglnoé. Private to "allongée": -. Private to "allongées": s.
"allongée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "allongées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "allongée" for "allongées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "allongée" vs "allongées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"allongée" and "allongées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "allongée" 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 #181,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allongée" and "allongées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allongées vs allongent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #181,411 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.