Which to use
“plonger” and “plongés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,598
- “plonger” frequency rank
- #28,692
- “plongés” frequency rank
- 37290
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plonger | plongés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enfoncer quelqu’un, quelque chose dans un liquide. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de plonger. |
Same sound, different letters: plonger vs plongés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. plonger and plongés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - plonger and plongés
This is the hard kind. plonger 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plonger is recorded at frequency rank #8,598, 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 37290, this pair ranks #263,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plonger vs plongés
Shared letters: glnop. Private to "plonger": er. Private to "plongés": sé.
"plonger" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "plongés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plonger ← lponger · pllonger · plnoger · plogner · plonegr · plongerr · plongger · plongre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "plonger" for "plongés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "plonger" or "plongés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "plonger" / "plongés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "plonger" 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 #263,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plonger" and "plongés" 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 #263,503 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.