Which to use
“bloquée” and “bloquées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,722
- “bloquée” frequency rank
- #23,119
- “bloquées” frequency rank
- 34841
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bloquée | bloquées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de bloqué. | Féminin pluriel de bloqué. |
Same sound, different letters: bloquée vs bloquées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. bloquée runs 7 letters (CCVCVVV) against bloquées's 8 (CCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: bloquée vs bloquées
This is the hard kind. bloquée and bloquées are pronounced identically (\blɔ.ke\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “bloquée” sits inside “bloquées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bloquée is recorded at frequency rank #11,722, classified as anadj, pronounced \blɔ.ke\. bloquées is at rank #23,119, 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 34841, this pair ranks #280,972 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bloquée vs bloquées
Shared letters: beloqué. Private to "bloquée": -. Private to "bloquées": s.
"bloquée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV · "bloquées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bloquée" for "bloquées" ever safe?
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After this comparison
"bloquée" and "bloquées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "bloquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bloquées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,972 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bloquée" and "bloquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bloquées vs bloquez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #280,972 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.