Which to use
“alloue” and “allouer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,718
- “alloue” frequency rank
- #29,626
- “allouer” frequency rank
- 77344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alloue | allouer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe allouer. | Accorder quelque chose à quelqu'un. |
Where the eye mixes alloue and allouer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. alloue runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against allouer's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses alloue with allouer
A purely visual mix-up. alloue (\a.lu\) and allouer (\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 1 extra letter(s) - “alloue” sits inside “allouer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77344, 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\. allouer is at rank #29,626, 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 77344, this pair ranks #28,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alloue vs allouer
Shared letters: aelou. Private to "alloue": -. Private to "allouer": r.
"alloue" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "allouer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alloue" and "allouer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "alloue" or "allouer"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "alloue" and "allouer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alloue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allouer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alloue" and "allouer" 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 #28,639 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.