Which to use
“allumée” is a noun and “allumer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,390
- “allumée” frequency rank
- #8,329
- “allumer” frequency rank
- 26719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allumée | allumer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Folle furieuse. | Enflammer ; mettre le feu à. |
Same sound, different letters: allumée vs allumer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - allumée / allumer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: allumée and allumer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ly.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allumée is recorded at frequency rank #18,390, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ly.me\. allumer is at rank #8,329, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ly.me\.
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 26719, this pair ranks #333,243 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of allumée vs allumer
Shared letters: aelmu. Private to "allumée": é. Private to "allumer": r.
"allumée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "allumer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- allumer ← allmuer · alluemr · allumerr · allummer · allumre · alulmer · alumer · lalumer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "allumée" for "allumer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "allumée" or "allumer" show up more?
Useful next steps
"allumée" and "allumer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "allumée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allumer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,243 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allumée" and "allumer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allumée vs allumez". 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 #333,243 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.