Which to use
“alloue” and “allouées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,718
- “alloue” frequency rank
- #35,364
- “allouées” frequency rank
- 83082
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alloue | allouées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe allouer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe allouer. |
Where the eye mixes alloue and allouées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. alloue runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against allouées's 8 (VCCVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: alloue vs allouées
A purely visual mix-up. alloue (\a.lu\) and allouées (\a.lwe\) 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 83082, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alloue is recorded at frequency rank #47,718, classified as averb, pronounced \a.lu\. allouées is at rank #35,364, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.lwe\.
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 83082, this pair ranks #15,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alloue vs allouées
Shared letters: aelou. Private to "alloue": -. Private to "allouées": sé.
"alloue" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "allouées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alloue ← alloeu · alluoe · alolue · aloue · laloue
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "alloue" and "allouées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "alloue" or "allouées" 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 "alloue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allouées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alloue" and "allouées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allègue vs alloue". 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 #15,483 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.