Which to use
“plongé” is a verb and “plongées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,101
- “plongé” frequency rank
- #35,207
- “plongées” frequency rank
- 46308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plongé | plongées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de plonger. | Pluriel de plongée. |
Same sound, different letters: plongé vs plongées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: plongé vs plongées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: plongé and plongées 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 2 extra letter(s) - “plongé” sits inside “plongées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46308, 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\. plongées is at rank #35,207, 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 46308, this pair ranks #195,971 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plongé vs plongées
Shared letters: glnopé. Private to "plongé": -. Private to "plongées": es.
"plongé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "plongées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "plongé" for "plongées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "plongé" or "plongées"?
After this comparison
"plongé" and "plongées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "plongé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plongées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #195,971 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plongé" and "plongées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plongées vs plongeons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #195,971 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.