Which to use
“allouées” and “allouer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,364
- “allouées” frequency rank
- #29,626
- “allouer” frequency rank
- 64990
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allouées | allouer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe allouer. | Accorder quelque chose à quelqu'un. |
Same sound, different letters: allouées vs allouer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. allouées runs 8 letters (VCCVVVVC) against allouer's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: allouées vs allouer
This is the hard kind. allouées and allouer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64990, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allouées is recorded at frequency rank #35,364, classified as averb, pronounced \a.lwe\. 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 64990, this pair ranks #74,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of allouées vs allouer
Shared letters: aelou. Private to "allouées": sé. Private to "allouer": r.
"allouées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC · "allouer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- allouer ← alloeur · allouerr · alloure · alluoer · aloluer · alouer · lalouer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "allouées" for "allouer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "allouées" or "allouer"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "allouées" / "allouer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "allouées" 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 #74,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allouées" and "allouer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alloue vs allouées". 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 #74,410 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.