Which to use
“allumer” and “allumez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,329
- “allumer” frequency rank
- #44,851
- “allumez” frequency rank
- 53180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allumer | allumez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enflammer ; mettre le feu à. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe allumer. |
Same sound, different letters: allumer vs allumez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - allumer / allumez
This is the hard kind. allumer and allumez are pronounced identically (\a.ly.me\) 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 a single letter - r in “allumer” becomes z in “allumez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allumer is recorded at frequency rank #8,329, classified as averb, 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 53180, this pair ranks #142,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of allumer vs allumez
Shared letters: aelmu. Private to "allumer": r. Private to "allumez": z.
"allumer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "allumez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "allumer" for "allumez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "allumer" vs "allumez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "allumer" 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 #142,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allumer" 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 #142,530 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.