Which to use
“gonflé” and “gonflés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,396
- “gonflé” frequency rank
- #27,082
- “gonflés” frequency rank
- 40478
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gonflé | gonflés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rempli d’air ou de gaz ou de toute autre matière. | Masculin pluriel de gonflé. |
Same sound, different letters: gonflé vs gonflés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. gonflé runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against gonflés's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - gonflé and gonflés
This is the hard kind. gonflé and gonflés 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 “gonflés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40478, 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\. gonflés is at rank #27,082, 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 40478, this pair ranks #240,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gonflé vs gonflés
Shared letters: fglnoé. Private to "gonflé": -. Private to "gonflés": s.
"gonflé" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "gonflés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gonflé" for "gonflés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gonflé" vs "gonflés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"gonflé" and "gonflés" 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 "gonflés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gonflé" and "gonflés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gonflées vs gonflés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #240,174 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.