Which to use
“plongé” and “plongés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,101
- “plongé” frequency rank
- #28,692
- “plongés” frequency rank
- 39793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plongé | plongés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de plonger. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de plonger. |
Same sound, different letters: plongé vs plongés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. plongé runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against plongés's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - plongé / plongés
This is the hard kind. plongé and plongés are pronounced identically (\plɔ̃.ʒe\) and both work as averb. 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) - “plongé” sits inside “plongés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39793, 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\. plongés is at rank #28,692, tagged as averb, 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 39793, this pair ranks #245,338 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plongé vs plongés
Shared letters: glnopé. Private to "plongé": -. Private to "plongés": s.
"plongé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "plongés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plongé" and "plongés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "plongé" vs "plongés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "plongé" / "plongés". 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 "plongés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,338 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plongé" and "plongés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plongeons vs plongés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #245,338 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.