Which to use
“allumée” is a noun and “allumez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,390
- “allumée” frequency rank
- #44,851
- “allumez” frequency rank
- 63241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allumée | allumez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Folle furieuse. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe allumer. |
Same sound, different letters: allumée vs allumez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. allumée (VCCVCVV) and allumez (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - allumée and allumez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: allumée and allumez 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 63241, 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\. allumez is at rank #44,851, 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 63241, this pair ranks #83,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of allumée vs allumez
Shared letters: aelmu. Private to "allumée": é. Private to "allumez": z.
"allumée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "allumez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- allumez ← allmuez · alluemz · allumezz · allummez · allumze · alulmez · alumez · lalumez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "allumée" and "allumez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "allumée" or "allumez"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "allumée" / "allumez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "allumée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allumez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allumée" and "allumez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allumez vs assumez". 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 #83,005 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.