Which to use
“allouée” is a verb and “alloués” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,237
- “allouée” frequency rank
- #24,096
- “alloués” frequency rank
- 60333
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allouée | alloués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe allouer. | Pluriel de alloué. |
Same sound, different letters: allouée vs alloués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. allouée (VCCVVVV) and alloués (VCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: allouée vs alloués
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: allouée and alloués carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.lwe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “allouée” becomes s in “alloués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60333, 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\. alloués is at rank #24,096, tagged as anoun, 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 60333, this pair ranks #98,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of allouée vs alloués
Shared letters: aloué. Private to "allouée": e. Private to "alloués": s.
"allouée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV · "alloués" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "allouée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alloués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allouée" and "alloués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alloue vs allouée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #98,160 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.