Which to use
“bloquée” is an adjective and “bloquer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,722
- “bloquée” frequency rank
- #4,833
- “bloquer” frequency rank
- 16555
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bloquée | bloquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de bloqué. | Fermer par un blocus les avenues d'une place, les approches d'un port, etc, immobiliser par un blocus. |
Same sound, different letters: bloquée vs bloquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - bloquée / bloquer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: bloquée and bloquer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \blɔ.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, 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 16555, 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\. bloquer is at rank #4,833, tagged as averb, 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 16555, this pair ranks #387,303 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bloquée vs bloquer
Shared letters: beloqu. Private to "bloquée": é. Private to "bloquer": r.
"bloquée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV · "bloquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bloquer ← bbloquer · blloquer · bloqeur · bloqquer · bloquerr · bloqure · blouqer · blqouer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bloquée" for "bloquer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "bloquée" or "bloquer"?
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 "bloquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bloquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,303 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bloquée" and "bloquer" 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 #387,303 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.