Which to use
“gonflé” and “gonflées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,396
- “gonflé” frequency rank
- #45,639
- “gonflées” frequency rank
- 59035
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gonflé | gonflées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rempli d’air ou de gaz ou de toute autre matière. | Féminin pluriel de gonflé. |
Same sound, different letters: gonflé vs gonflées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. gonflé runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against gonflées's 8 (CVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - gonflé / gonflées
This is the hard kind. gonflé and gonflées 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 2 extra letter(s) - “gonflé” sits inside “gonflées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59035, 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\. gonflées is at rank #45,639, 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 59035, this pair ranks #105,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gonflé vs gonflées
Shared letters: fglnoé. Private to "gonflé": -. Private to "gonflées": es.
"gonflé" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "gonflées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gonflé" for "gonflées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gonflé" vs "gonflées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "gonflé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gonflées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gonflé" and "gonflées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gonflées vs gonflent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #105,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.