Which to use
“bloque” is a verb and “bloquée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,531
- “bloque” frequency rank
- #11,722
- “bloquée” frequency rank
- 19253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bloque | bloquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bloquer. | Féminin singulier de bloqué. |
Where the eye mixes bloque and bloquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between bloque and bloquée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bloque is \blɔk\ while bloquée is \blɔ.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bloque is recorded at frequency rank #7,531, classified as averb, pronounced \blɔk\. bloquée is at rank #11,722, tagged as anadj, pronounced \blɔ.ke\.
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 19253, this pair ranks #374,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bloque vs bloquée
Shared letters: beloqu. Private to "bloque": -. Private to "bloquée": é.
"bloque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "bloquée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- bloque ← bbloque · blloque · bloqeu · bloqque · blouqe · blqoue · bolque · lboque
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bloque" and "bloquée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "bloque" or "bloquée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "bloque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bloquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bloque" and "bloquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bloquée vs bloquez". 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 #374,180 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.