Which to use
“plongées” and “plongeons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,207
- “plongées” frequency rank
- #49,280
- “plongeons” frequency rank
- 84487
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plongées | plongeons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de plongée. | Pluriel de plongeon. |
Where the eye mixes plongées and plongeons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: plongées vs plongeons
A purely visual mix-up. plongées (\plɔ̃.ʒe\) and plongeons (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84487, 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\. plongeons is at rank #49,280, 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 84487, this pair ranks #12,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of plongées vs plongeons
Shared letters: eglnops. Private to "plongées": é. Private to "plongeons": -.
"plongées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "plongeons" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plongeons ← lpongeons · pllongeons · plnogeons · plogneons · plonegons · plongenos · plongeonns · plongeonss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plongées" and "plongeons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "plongées" vs "plongeons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "plongées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plongeons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plongées" and "plongeons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plongeons vs plongés". 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 #12,921 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.