Which to use
“pillés” and “pollués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,925
- “pillés” frequency rank
- #40,931
- “pollués” frequency rank
- 81856
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pillés | pollués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de piller. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de polluer. |
Where the eye mixes pillés and pollués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pillés runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against pollués's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pillés vs pollués
A purely visual mix-up. pillés (\pi.je\) and pollués (\pɔ.lɥe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pillés is recorded at frequency rank #40,925, classified as averb, pronounced \pi.je\. pollués is at rank #40,931, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɔ.lɥe\.
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 81856, this pair ranks #17,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pillés vs pollués
Shared letters: lpsé. Private to "pillés": i. Private to "pollués": ou.
"pillés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "pollués" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pillés" and "pollués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pillés" or "pollués"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pillés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pollués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pillés" and "pollués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poilues vs pollués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #17,916 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.