Which to use
“plongées” and “plongeon” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,207
- “plongées” frequency rank
- #20,525
- “plongeon” frequency rank
- 55732
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plongées | plongeon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de plongée. | Action de plonger. |
Where the eye mixes plongées and plongeon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. plongées and plongeon follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between plongées and plongeon
A purely visual mix-up. plongées (\plɔ̃.ʒe\) and plongeon (\plɔ̃.ʒɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55732, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plongées is recorded at frequency rank #35,207, classified as anoun, pronounced \plɔ̃.ʒe\. plongeon is at rank #20,525, tagged as anoun, pronounced \plɔ̃.ʒɔ̃\.
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 55732, this pair ranks #125,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plongées vs plongeon
Shared letters: eglnop. Private to "plongées": sé. Private to "plongeon": -.
"plongées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "plongeon" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plongeon ← lpongeon · pllongeon · plnogeon · plogneon · plonegon · plongeno · plongeonn · plonggeon
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plongées" and "plongeon" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "plongées" or "plongeon" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "plongées" and "plongeon" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plongées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plongeon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plongées" and "plongeon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plongées vs plongeons". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #125,568 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.