Which to use
“plongé” is a verb and “plongée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,101
- “plongé” frequency rank
- #7,739
- “plongée” frequency rank
- 18840
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plongé | plongée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de plonger. | Action de plonger ; état de celui qui plonge. |
Same sound, different letters: plongé vs plongée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. plongé runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against plongée's 7 (CCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: plongé vs plongée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: plongé and plongée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \plɔ̃.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “plongé” sits inside “plongée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plongé is recorded at frequency rank #11,101, classified as averb, pronounced \plɔ̃.ʒe\. plongée is at rank #7,739, tagged as anoun, pronounced \plɔ̃.ʒe\.
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 18840, this pair ranks #376,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of plongé vs plongée
Shared letters: glnopé. Private to "plongé": -. Private to "plongée": e.
"plongé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "plongée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "plongé" / "plongée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "plongé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plongée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plongé" and "plongée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pliage vs plongé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #376,317 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.