Which to use
“allouée” and “allouées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,237
- “allouée” frequency rank
- #35,364
- “allouées” frequency rank
- 71601
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allouée | allouées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe allouer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe allouer. |
Same sound, different letters: allouée vs allouées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. allouée runs 7 letters (VCCVVVV) against allouées's 8 (VCCVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - allouée / allouées
This is the hard kind. allouée and allouées are pronounced identically (\a.lwe\) and both work as averb. 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) - “allouée” sits inside “allouées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allouée is recorded at frequency rank #36,237, classified as averb, pronounced \a.lwe\. 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 71601, this pair ranks #46,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of allouée vs allouées
Shared letters: aeloué. Private to "allouée": -. Private to "allouées": s.
"allouée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV · "allouées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "allouée" / "allouées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "allouée" 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 #46,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allouée" and "allouées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alloue vs allouée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #46,996 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.