allouéesvsallouésTell them apart

Quick tell: allouées is a verb, alloués is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“allouées” is a verb and “alloués” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,364
“allouées” frequency rank
#24,096
“alloués” frequency rank
59460
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature allouées alloués
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe allouer. Pluriel de alloué.

Same sound, different letters: allouées vs alloués

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. allouées runs 8 letters (VCCVVVVC) against alloués's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
allouées
7 ch
alloués

Homophone desk: allouées vs alloués

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: allouées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59460, 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\. 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 59460, this pair ranks #103,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of allouées vs alloués

Shared letters: alosué. Private to "allouées": e. Private to "alloués": -.

"allouées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC  ·  "alloués" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "allouées" for "alloués" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "allouées" is a verb and "alloués" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "allouées" vs "alloués" - which ranks higher?
"alloués" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,096 in our French list, against #35,364 for "allouées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "allouées" / "alloués". 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 "alloués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #103,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "allouées" and "alloués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alloue vs allouées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #103,010 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list