Which to use
“gonflé” and “gonflée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,396
- “gonflé” frequency rank
- #30,630
- “gonflée” frequency rank
- 44026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gonflé | gonflée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rempli d’air ou de gaz ou de toute autre matière. | Féminin singulier de gonflé. |
Same sound, different letters: gonflé vs gonflée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. gonflé runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against gonflée's 7 (CVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - gonflé / gonflée
This is the hard kind. gonflé and gonflée are pronounced identically (\ɡɔ̃.fle\) 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) - “gonflé” sits inside “gonflée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gonflé is recorded at frequency rank #13,396, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡɔ̃.fle\. gonflée is at rank #30,630, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡɔ̃.fle\.
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 44026, this pair ranks #213,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gonflé vs gonflée
Shared letters: fglnoé. Private to "gonflé": -. Private to "gonflée": e.
"gonflé" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "gonflée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gonflé" for "gonflée" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
"gonflé" and "gonflée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "gonflé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gonflée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #213,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gonflé" and "gonflée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gonflée vs gonflées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #213,614 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.