Which to use
“allumées” is an adjective and “allumez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,698
- “allumées” frequency rank
- #44,851
- “allumez” frequency rank
- 81549
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allumées | allumez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de allumé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe allumer. |
Same sound, different letters: allumées vs allumez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. allumées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against allumez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - allumées and allumez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: allumées and allumez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ly.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 81549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allumées is recorded at frequency rank #36,698, classified as anadj, 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 81549, this pair ranks #18,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of allumées vs allumez
Shared letters: aelmu. Private to "allumées": sé. Private to "allumez": z.
"allumées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "allumez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- allumez ← allmuez · alluemz · allumezz · allummez · allumze · alulmez · alumez · lalumez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "allumées" and "allumez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "allumées" or "allumez" show up more?
After this comparison
"allumées" and "allumez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "allumées" 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 #18,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allumées" 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 #18,525 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.