Which to use
“gonflée” and “gonflés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,630
- “gonflée” frequency rank
- #27,082
- “gonflés” frequency rank
- 57712
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gonflée | gonflés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de gonflé. | Masculin pluriel de gonflé. |
Same sound, different letters: gonflée vs gonflés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. gonflée (CVCCCVV) and gonflés (CVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - gonflée / gonflés
This is the hard kind. gonflée 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 a single letter - e in “gonflée” becomes s in “gonflés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gonflée is recorded at frequency rank #30,630, 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 57712, this pair ranks #113,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gonflée vs gonflés
Shared letters: fglnoé. Private to "gonflée": e. Private to "gonflés": s.
"gonflée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV · "gonflés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gonflée" for "gonflés" ever safe?
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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 "gonflée" 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 #113,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gonflée" and "gonflés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gonflée vs gonflées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #113,399 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.